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We could all use a little lightness these days.

( no arguments there, it's been a rough few months. and yeah, he doesn't really know what the selection is, he has never bothered to ask. Matt misses being able to read, literally anything. )

I appreciate Greek classics, though I don't know if the library has any copies.

( he doesn't presume angels have photographic memory, though maybe he should... )

hover for translation!

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Have you studied the classics?

[ He asks, simply because he has memorized The Iliad - but not in English. It's easier to remember when one repeats it several thousand times, and it's meant to be orally passed on.

He pauses as if to recall how it starts, and though he starts quite slowly, he works into a rhythm. ]

μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος, οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκε, πολλὰς δ᾽ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν ἡρώων, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσιν οἰωνοῖσί τε πᾶσι, Διὸς δ᾽ ἐτελείετο βουλή, ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε Ἀτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς.

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( Matt has a few languages under his belt, though greek had never been one of them. he can appreciate the delivery and the intonation, even if he can't quite understand it. )

I'm afraid my understanding of greek classics has always been delivered in English. I did study them, though, back at school.

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Well, it's very lucky that I happen to know both Greek and English! Given enough time, I think I could come up with a passable translation, though you'll have to forgive me if I fail at placing it into dactylic hexameter - I think it would be difficult to keep both meaning and meter. But I would be very happy indeed to revisit Homer, if you are content to wait!

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I'd be content, just, don't think you have to do anything for my sake.

( they've got a lot bigger fish to fry than a blind guy getting to indulge in old plays. )