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Achilles, Aeneas, Rustam...and the Koran: Classics from East to West
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ISBN13: 9798863316550
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 8 2024
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 8 2024
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Achilles, Aeneas, Rustam...and the Koran (AARK) offers an introduction to classic works from Europe and the Middle East, namely, the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, the Aeneid of Vergil, the Shahnameh of Firdawsi and the Koran. It introduces these texts through the author's educational biography. What did he have to do to study these works when he was young and what good does it do him now that he is old? Were you forced to take Latin in high school?
Did naked bodies and monsters keep you from falling asleep?
Do you wish you remembered more from those humanities classes you took in college?
Have you wondered what happens when you move east from the Mediterranean?
Are you looking for an alternative to the History Channel? If you answer 'yes' to any of these questions, then this book is for you! AARK will help you re-visit the western classics and introduce you some Middle Eastern ones. It will explain how the original languages shape all of these works and let you know what you are missing when you read things in translation. And it may help you consider the value of a liberal education.
https: //youtu.be/gWOu36UkHXY
Do you wish you remembered more from those humanities classes you took in college?
Have you wondered what happens when you move east from the Mediterranean?
Are you looking for an alternative to the History Channel? If you answer 'yes' to any of these questions, then this book is for you! AARK will help you re-visit the western classics and introduce you some Middle Eastern ones. It will explain how the original languages shape all of these works and let you know what you are missing when you read things in translation. And it may help you consider the value of a liberal education.
https: //youtu.be/gWOu36UkHXY
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