tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post423813447913915140..comments2024-03-25T07:54:22.672+00:00Comments on Pop Classics: The West Wing: In Excelsis DeoJuliettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-74006485658679742142011-01-03T12:45:29.944+00:002011-01-03T12:45:29.944+00:00Yeah, I don't read the nineteenth century tran...Yeah, I don't read the nineteenth century translations if I just want to read the thing - if I'm reading a work for the first time, I'll get the most modern translation I can find, preferably in a Loeb edition with Latin/Greek on the facing page. I like examining the differences and oddities of older translations, but I don't use them to actually read the Classical author - and OI'd definitely prefer electronics as a present!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-66168294014319918052011-01-03T11:32:36.537+00:002011-01-03T11:32:36.537+00:00I love old books (especially old history books) an...I love old books (especially old history books) and the Classics, but I'm not so keen on their combination. I find a lot of 19th century translations to be very heavy going.It was an old translation of the <i>Annals</i> that put me off Tacitus for years. I had a similar problem with Thucydides, though he's heavy going even in the best of hands.<br /><br />I wouldn't mind getting an old book as a present, but not as my only present. If that's going to be the case, then some electronics would definitely be nicer.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.com