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Like the title says. Who's your favorite character from Classical Literature?

Mine is Hector from The Illiad. He was outnumbered, outgunned, and was doomed, yet he kept on pressing to damage the enemy and died protecting Troy, even though it was mostly his brother Paris' fault.

This doesn't really belong in SLAM

Ah shit, my bad.

If a mod could please move it to the proper location, that'd be great.

Moved to OT.

I like Professor Moriarti from Sherlock Holmes material.

My favourite character has to be the Devil in George Bernard Shaw's 'Man and Superman'.

Boyish-Tigerlilly wrote:I like Professor Moriarti from Sherlock Holmes material.

What, exactly, did he do in those novels? He showed up exactly once, IIRC.

I like Britomart from Faerie Queene and Huckleberry Finn from the book of the same name.

What, exactly, did he do in those novels? He showed up exactly once, IIRC.

He was a sneaky bad man

Perseus. The mythological representation of a new culture annhilating the old. Had a flying horse.

The Count of Monte Cristo.

But then I find stories of vengeance strangely entertaining.

If I could be any character from Greek mythology, I'd be Zeus. And all of the womens' asses would be sore.

Darth Wong wrote:If I could be any character from Greek mythology, I'd be Zeus. And all of the womens' asses would be sore.

Conveniently solving that 'Half-God kids everywhere' problem.

I was always a fan of Lucifer in "Paradise Lost"

SirNitram wrote:

Darth Wong wrote:If I could be any character from Greek mythology, I'd be Zeus. And all of the womens' asses would be sore.

Conveniently solving that 'Half-God kids everywhere' problem.

But the kids will then springing up fro Zeus's head fully grown.

mr friendly guy wrote:

SirNitram wrote:

Darth Wong wrote:If I could be any character from Greek mythology, I'd be Zeus. And all of the womens' asses would be sore.

Conveniently solving that 'Half-God kids everywhere' problem.

But the kids will then springing up fro Zeus's head fully grown.

Kids create endless headaches anyway. It is only fitting that they should be caused by one. But it only takes an afternoon according to the myth, and then I would be right back to my regular activities of going down to Earth in various exotic forms and reaming womens' asses.

Candide. I've always liked the kind of character who goes from being a gullible fool to being the most knoweledgable and reasonable character in the story.

I've always been a fan of the various Knights of the Round Table. Except for Lance of Lot. I hate that guy and his prissy, contentious, asshole ways.

Gandalf.

Yes, I consider LOTR to be "Classical" lit.

The wolf in Aesop's fable, 'The Wolf and the Dog.'

"It is better to be hungry and free than well-fed and in bondage."

Odysseus. Smart little shit who spit in Poseidon's face and got home anyway.

Wu Song of All Men are Brothers, though I admit it's mainly the hype. He has some bad record of cruelty.

If Jin Yong's work count as classics, it's a three way tie between Shiao Feng, Shu Chu (The Eight Demigods), and Guo Jing (The Condor Shooting Heroes).

Favorite of Western literature is Sherlock Holmes.

I suppose I have two: Poor Oedipus, who never escapes fate.

From more modern times, I would say Horatio Hornblower courtesy of C.S. Forester.

Double post. Sorry. Bows shamefully to avoid vengence from the BBS gods and goddesses.

I always liked Odin from the Norse myths. Thor was the more popular deity, but he wasn't that bright. Odin was crafty, and although ultimately fated to die at Ragnarok, in every story in which he features, he's the one pulling the strings. Everyone else is dancing to his tune. I always admired a character that much cleverer than everyone else around him. He's represented in the stories as an immensely tall, one-eyed figure of very forbidding aspect, which ups his coolness factor, but it's chiefly his cleverness that I like. For the same reason, Odysseus was always my favorite character from Greek mythology, and Athena was my favorite of the Greek gods. (An aside to Mike: yes it would be great to have the power of Zeus, and thus to bed virtually any woman you desire. But you have to contend with that pesky jealous wife, Hera, always taking revenge upon the poor dears, since she's not powerful enough to take it out on Zeus.)

Knife wrote:I've always been a fan of the various Knights of the Round Table. Except for Lance of Lot. I hate that guy and his prissy, contentious, asshole ways.

If it's any consolation to you, Lancelot was a later French importation. The very earliest accounts of Arthur say nothing of him.