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> It's also the constant references to Greek and Roman mythology, via Ovid that's a perfect reason to NOT "update" it: the past is a foreign country. They do t
by AlbertCory 2y ago
> It's also the constant references to Greek and Roman mythology, via Ovid
that's a perfect reason to NOT "update" it: the past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
You can't make it seem like the First World in the 21st Century. You just have to go there.
- scientator 2y agoUpdating it wouldn't eliminate the original. It would simply give many people an accessible introduction to the work, and perhaps inspire them to explore the original. I really don't understand the resistance to providing people with that introduction.
- AlbertCory 2y agoWhat stops anyone from doing it? I'm pretty sure I could search Amazon or Abebooks [1] and find lots of attempts at it. [1] https://www.abebooks.com/docs/community/featured/out-of-print.shtml https://www.abebooks.com/docs/community/featured/out-of-prin...