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14583349 No.14583349 [Reply] [Original]

Whats the best Iliad translation?

>> No.14583364
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14583364

>>14583349
while it may not be a faithful translation, it is a masterpiece in the English language by its own right.

>> No.14583373

>>14583349
1. Pope
2. Fitzgerald
3. Chapman
4. Dryden
5. Butler

>> No.14583376

>>14583349
There’s hundreds.
You have to be the judge of that. Go sample some

>> No.14583379

>>14583364
What are the full politics surrounding the best Iliad translation? I just want to know what the layout is.

Has no one written a run down?

>> No.14583384

>>14583379

>>14583373
>>14583376

>> No.14583396

>>14583379
It greatly depends on what you're looking for. What are your metrics?

>> No.14583407

>>14583349
If you have not read it before just read Fagles. Stop overthinking it. You will read it again...

>> No.14583425

>>14583407
>You will read it again...
what do you mean?

>> No.14583438

>>14583425
I mean you will read it again. And again. And again. This is not a novel. You will be drawn into revisiting it every few years and it will change you. There is plenty of time to read other translations.

>> No.14583448

>>14583438
This. Never understood why people get so hung up on choosing a translation. If what you're reading is of any worth you're going to read it again someday. I like picking a new translation whenever I revisit a work that wasn't written in English.

>> No.14583463

Does anyone know who's publishing a decent edition of the Pope version?

>> No.14583471
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14583471

>>14583349
The one that you actually read fully

>> No.14583472

>>14583407
>>14583438
>>14583448
Not OP but thanks guys for no nonsense replies

>> No.14583474

>>14583349
Just read a kids version.

>> No.14583487

>>14583396
Something thats well written but also accurate to the source.

>> No.14583497

>>14583487
Fagles or Verity would do the trick in that case. Sample both and decide.