Agamemnon vs Idylls: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Translations from Greek, Greek poetry, English poetry
Agamemnon
The Classical Department produced the play Agamemon, performed in the stadium on June 16 and 19, 1906
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Idylls
"This is a new annotated translation of the Greek poems of Theocritus of Syracuse (first half of the third century B.C.), the inventor of 'bucolic' or 'pastoral' poetry, the principal model for Virgil in the Eclogues,…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Agamemnon has the widest readership — 23364 ratings behind its score.
- Agamemnon runs the darker storyline; Idylls stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Agamemnon | Idylls | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (23364) | 3.8 (753) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (4) | 3.3 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (5) | — |
Reception
| Agamemnon | Idylls | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 23364 | 753 |
| Editions | 145 | 49 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 15179 | — |
| Reading it now | 245 | — |
| Written reviews | 897 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1203745 | 1322 |
| Pages | 88 | 113 |