Which ballad is better?

Clatis · Post by **Clatis** » April 18, 2004, 8:09 am

Between Homer and Dante, who do you think wrote a better epic poem?

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » April 18, 2004, 8:40 am

Errrm I'm gonna go for

C. Neither is a play...

But generally I find the homeric ballad more entertaining...

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » April 18, 2004, 8:41 am

BALLAD? So it's a song?!

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » April 18, 2004, 8:49 am

kyoukan wrote:BALLAD? So it's a song?!

yeah...it was like 3 albums long!...

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » April 18, 2004, 8:51 am

kyoukan wrote:BALLAD? So it's a song?!

Rock anthem if I remember right!

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » April 18, 2004, 8:52 am

Love that drum solo!

Clatis · Post by **Clatis** » April 18, 2004, 9:28 am

Heh, I edited the title, it is a ballad- written in stanza's and all that, who would want to sing 500 or 900 pages of a book...

they are both Epics tho.

and yeah, I dunno what I was thinking when I put play, my mistake

I enjoyed Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy more... I don't know why, perhaps because we reviewed it and went in depth in each of the different cantos in school, and I had to read The Odyssey as a make-up type thing in order to compare the two for a report.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » April 18, 2004, 11:47 am

I like them both but Divine Comedy is the harder read. Lots of names that wont mean anything to you so you'll need a translation with good footnotes. Which means you'll spend half your time reading those.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » April 18, 2004, 12:09 pm

Arborealus wrote:
kyoukan wrote:BALLAD? So it's a song?!
yeah...it was like 3 albums long!...

4 8-tracks.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » April 18, 2004, 12:29 pm

I absolutely love the Inferno. I try and read it at least every six months, it's an amazing piece of work.

Clatis · Post by **Clatis** » April 18, 2004, 1:02 pm

Akaran_D wrote:I absolutely love the Inferno. I try and read it at least every six months, it's an amazing piece of work.

Yes!! I couldn't agree more, for some reason it fascinates me, and if I'm not reading anything else and I catch a glimpse of it somewhere in my room I'll pick it up and read a few sections.

Estrosiath · Post by **Estrosiath** » April 18, 2004, 2:00 pm

Without the slightest doubt, the divine commedy. Although Inferno is certainly the most well-known of the three parts, Paradiso and Purgatorio are not any less incredible.
The odyssey is nice. It's also easier to read, making it much more accessible to the average reader.

Post by **Xouqoa** » April 18, 2004, 3:49 pm

Iliad > Odyssey

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 18, 2004, 3:59 pm

I thought ballads only came from the big hair rock bands!

Tenuvil · Post by **Tenuvil** » April 18, 2004, 4:18 pm

\m/ \m/

add "Still Loving You" by Scorpions to the poll. Best ballad ever!

Adela · Post by **Adela** » April 18, 2004, 5:51 pm

John & Yoko should be an option

Asheran Mojomaster · Post by **Asheran Mojomaster** » April 19, 2004, 10:52 pm

I'm actually reading The Inferno right now, and I have one with really good footnotes. Was kinda boring at first, but now seems pretty cool, on Canto XII right now.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 20, 2004, 11:36 am

*snore*

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 20, 2004, 1:03 pm

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the fandango-
Thunderbolt and lightning-very very frightening me-
Galileo,galileo,
Galileo galileo
Galileo figaro-magnifico-

Fesuni Chopsui · Post by **Fesuni Chopsui** » April 20, 2004, 1:09 pm

I've read both - the Odyssey is, imo, a much more important piece of literature and in a general sense I think Homer > Dante in most aspects

Sylvos · Post by **Sylvos** » April 20, 2004, 1:09 pm

i like dante's inferno but homer has to be the winner. why? Battles man battles! heroes and heroines, betrayal and love, its good stuff!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » April 20, 2004, 1:11 pm

I think "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is teh bestest ballad...

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