Friday, November 4, 2011
The Oddyssey Review (books 2&3)
As I read through books 2 and 3, I am using the active reading method and, I have to admit, it does make the story a lot easier to digest. It does take a lot of time, but in the long run it's worth it because you can understand the story much better. Also, yes! The explanation that I have the Roman version makes sense. However, I find it kind of strange that the Romans changed the main character names and the gods names, but kept the supporting characters (Telemachus, Polyphemus, etc) the same...?
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I give you credit for becoming used to active reading and use it to help! I know I still have trouble with it. Great work!
ReplyDeleteI never really thought about that! Nice observation.
I was thinking the same thing about the supporting characters names being the same in Greek and Roman! Maybe it is because those names were used in both Greek and Roman languages anyway, while the gods had different names. Kind of like some names are the same in Spanish and English and some a different.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking the same thing as Melanie, congratulations on using active reading effectively because it just doesn't seem to work for me.
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