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Who wrote the best translations for the Odyssey and the Iliad?

>> No.11182994

>>11182957
Richmond Lattimore

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>> No.11183087

>>11183002
which one did I like more?

>> No.11183117

>>11183002
They all sound faggy

>> No.11183121

>>11183087
None because this Greek shit is a meme. Read modern fiction and fuck off.

>> No.11183125

>>11183002
>They all suck

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>>11183002
I read Pope's Illiad and Lattimore's Odyssey and those names really got to me.

>> No.11183140

>>11183087
if you are reading for poetics, Pope or Fagles.

>> No.11183145

>>11183002
Pope is clearly the best. Poetry is supposed to rhyme.

>> No.11183148

>>11183121
sup redditor
>>11183002
what about the odyssey?

>> No.11183215

>>11183002
>Not having an old Greek bard recite the poems to you
It's like you want to be left in the dust

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Who /Lombardo/ here?

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>>11182957
has anyone given Peter Green's translation a try?

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>>11183002
>comparisons that don't include the original and a maximally literal prose translation or analyze the metrics
Useless.

>>11183145
Holy shit, read a book you dumb nigger

>>11183231
He's got great covers but it's modernized prose, can't be taken too seriously.

>> No.11183445

>>11182957
The Fag's.

>> No.11183450

>>11182957
I read the versions translated by Samuel Butler. Was that a mistake?

>> No.11183454

>>11183145
bait

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>>11183399
>modernized prose, can't be taken too seriously
it's full of gems dude

his other translations gave us this beauty

>> No.11184036

>>11183002
Pope>Fagles>Lattimore>Fitzgerald

>> No.11184410

>>11183450
no i'm reading it too and it's good, don't worry

>> No.11184644

I’m reading Martin Hammonds but I’m enjoying it and finding it easy to read, so it’s probably a pleb translation.

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>>11182957
>best translations for the Odyssey and the Iliad?

'''Every.Fucking.Week.'''

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>>11182957
The BBC obviously

>> No.11185713

>>11182994
This.

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>>11182957
Everyone in this thread is wrong. Best translator is Rieu.

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>>11183456
>beat it pimp there ain't no pussy to hustle here