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by moate 17 days ago
The article references "England has Shakespeare (1600s), Spain has Certantes (1600s) Russia has Pushkin (1800s)" whom I assume are intended as their nations' versions.

You going to stand on your statement with that as a reference? We're closer to Pushkin than Pushkin was to Homer.

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Heh, we're closer to the Beowulf poet than the Beowulf poet was to Homer.