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I got this version of the illiad how is it?

>> No.11138515

You read it and tell us.

>> No.11138740

>>11138481
I don't really understand why people fret so much about reading specific versions and translations here. Just find a copy and read the damn book, you'll at least get an understanding of what the book is all about.
>tldr: Just read it!

>> No.11138746

why would you ask this after buying it? is this an extension of the moby dick meme? or are you legitimately retarded?

>> No.11138748

>>11138740
i copped an audiobook of the odessy on sale from audible like two weeks ago, i think its fitzgerald...didn't get like 5 minutes in before the dude is talkin about the "dark blue sea" like woah hold up pleblord everyone knows the greeks didnt wave a word for blue, its THE WINE DARK SEA not the "dark blue sea" kys, yes translations matter

>> No.11138749

>>11138740
5/10

>> No.11138751

It's the only one I've ever read so I have no comparison, but I loved it.

>> No.11138761

Fagles is a good translation. No translation can be perfect (especially with poetry), so you can always read a different one later if you find it interests you.

>> No.11138762
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>>11138748
>audiobook

>> No.11138765

>>11138748
Fagles uses dark blue sea too. Dropped.

>> No.11138767

>>11138762
>not having all significant greek literature in your phone so u can listen all the time

stay pleb basicbitch

>> No.11138769

>>11138762
Homeros is meant to be heard you ginormous plebeian

>> No.11138784

>>11138481
If you've already got it just read it and find out for yourself.

>> No.11138814

Pretty much all the well known translations are serviceable, and which you prefer is ultimately going to come down to taste and personal preference for where on the dynamic-formal equivalence spectrum you want the translation to land.

>> No.11138816

There's a reason he's called FAGles. The translation is shit, read Lattimore.

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>>11138767

>> No.11138885

>>11138767
This sounds like a good idea, where’s the best place to find good quality audiobooks

>> No.11138887

>>11138885
audible.com

>> No.11138962

>>11138816
There's a reason he's called fagLES, as in LESS of a fag than lattiMORE, that is the LATTER is MORE (of a fag).

>> No.11138968

tell me how I feel about the Iliad

>> No.11138973

>>11138968
That it's boring and nowhere near as good as the masterpiece that is the Odyssey.

>> No.11138978

>>11138962
Nice.

>> No.11138983

>>11138973
your stupid

>> No.11138984

>>11138973
Big yikes!

>> No.11138985

>>11138983
That might be so, but I can rest easy knowing that at least my taste is sound.

>> No.11139353

Read Fagles and Pope
>>11138765
no he uses wine-dark.

>> No.11139373

>>11139353
he uses dark blue a number of times

>> No.11139603

>>11138962
10/10

>> No.11139715

>>11138748
Why does it matter

>> No.11139744

>>11138748
Now I want to know, which translations use dark blue and which ones use wine dark?

>> No.11139919

>>11139744
E.V.Rieu uses wine dark
all I can tellya

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>>11138962
very good

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>>11138962
Onomastics never lie. I agree with you now.

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>>11138962
Based

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>>11138481
It's absolutely fine you fag.

Just read it.

>> No.11141921

>>11138962
based

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11141935

I'll just ask here, is this worth reading? Should I start with some other more important supplementary lit? I didn't really appreciate the Iliad as much as people seem to do, though there were things I enjoyed.

>> No.11141950

>>11141863
Tbh
pope is annoying

Fitz is tedious

Fagles is easy

Lattermore is heavy

>> No.11141974

>>11139373
dark blue "sea" once, in Iliad. "dark blue" is spotted 4 more times in Iliad, but for other things, and only in odyssey. Wine-dark dozens of times between them both.

https://zodml.org/sites/default/files/%5BHomer%5D_The_Iliad_%28Penguin_Classics_Deluxe_Edition.pdf

http://www.boyle.kyschools.us/UserFiles/88/The%20Odyssey.pdf

>> No.11141976

>>11141950
>>11141863
So what about Butler?