I told my Classical Civilisations teacher a while back that I could make some learning resources for class. He uses lots of videos and when he heard about my brickfilming got a bit excited.

I'm finally getting around to it now, but I'm not sure which 'book' to do first (as the one I do first may be the only one I end up doing). The three that I've whittled it down to are:

• Cyclopeia: Odysseus and the cyclops Polyphemus. A bit graphic in places, though I'd tone the brickfilm down and add some humour, and obviously it's quite fantastical since it features a giant cyclops (and possibly the lotus-eaters too). It's certainly the most fun story on this list. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/section5.rhtml

• Dido: It's the tragic story of the fall of the queen of Carthage, from the Aeneid, and though it's quite dark in places it features some of the most beautiful passages of text I've ever read. It's also one of the main texts that we do. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/aeneid/section4.rhtml

• Diomedes Triumphant: An example of blind Homeric 'heroism' that sees the Greek warrior Diomedes get too big-headed and fight three (and injure two) gods on the fields of Troy. It's pretty epic. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/iliad/section4.rhtml

I really want to do one of these. These are the ones that I picked out as the most interesting books that I actually have the ability to do. There are others that I would love to do, but I have limitations: I can't do Achilles VS Hector justice as a brickfilm, and Scylla and Charybdis is way beyond my VFX skills. I've also left out the underworld for now.

I plan on doing some stuff loosely based on Greek myth later in the year, but I figured first I'd do something that's an actual myth, and that might actually be useful. Any thoughts on which one I should start with? I'm leaning more towards Cyclopeia at the moment, but I'd like a second opinion before I start doing any serious pre-production. I have two of the official cyclopes minfigures, so that's all sorted (I've actually collected all the Greek mtyhology figs   I'm such a nerd).

And yes, I'm a huge fan of Sparknotes.

-JR

"Nothing goes down 'less I'm involved. No nuggets. No onion rings. No nothin'. A cheeseburger gets sold in the park, I want in! You got fat while we starved on the streets...now it's my turn!" -Harley Morenstein