what particular type of /lit/ user reads Loeb classics /lit/?
One who likes to imagine he'll read the Greek/Latin text one day but will never put in the necessary effort to get to the point where he can do so
>>24754053kek accurate
>>24754053How sad is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise;-;
>>24754053literally me
Lindyman
a pseud(I would know)
>>24754045I try to read Latin but do so really slowly so it's basically pointless
>>24754045I did when I studied Latin and Greek in college
>>24756070Keep at it anon!In te credo!
>>24754053Some works are only translated in the Loeb series, like Greek Epic Fragments and they occassionally have useful notes like the edition of Apollodorus' Library that lists most of the parallels in other sources and has an appendix on world mythology. So they're still useful for monoglots not just for showing off. And even if you're not at a reading level of Latin or Greek, they can be useful for checking original vocab.
>>24754045A 40 year old center left upper middle class tenured academic that thinks he is worldly and informed and knows about the classics and believes in good causes and knows about about the world but in reality is in a silo and has no idea what is going on and will fail to produce a real response if anyone provides concrete evidence that this is not the case.
