/lit/ - Literature

>>21757298
similar concept:

Behold!

>>19908705
>supporting publishers with ugly covers
why would you want to buy something ugly?

I like Lombardos... kind of. Its def at once gripping and bleak and dark, but it feels somehow arachonistic, just like its cover

>Lombardo

RAGE:
Sing, Goddess, Achilles’ rage,
Black and murderous, that cost the Greeks
Incalculable pain, pitched countless souls
Of heroes into Hades’ dark,
And left their bodies to rot as feasts
For dogs and birds, as Zeus’ will was done.
Begin with the clash between Agamamenon—
The Greek warlord—and godlike Achilles.
Which of the immortals set thse two
At each other’s throats?
Apollo,
Zeus’ son and Leto’s, offended
By the warlord. Agamemnon had dishonored
Chryses, Apollo’s priest, so the god
Struck the Greek camp with plague,
And the soldiers were dying of it.
Chryses
Had come to the Greek beachhead camp
Hauling a fortune for his daughter’s ransom.
Displaying Apollo’s sacral ribbons
On a golden staff, he made a formal plea
To the entire Greek army, but especially
The commanders, Atreus’ two sons:


“Sons of Atreus and Greek heroes all:
May the gods on Olympus grant you plunder
Of Priam’s city and a safe return home.
But give me my daughter back and accept
This ransom out of respect for Zeus’ son,
Lord Apollo, who deals death from afar.”
A murmur rippled through the ranks:
“Respect the priest and take the ransom.”
But Agamemnon was not pleased
And dismissed Chryses with a rough speech:
“Don’t let me ever catch you, old man, by these ships again,
Skulking around now or sneaking back later.
The god’s staff and ribbons won’t save you next time.
The girl is mine, and she’ll be an old woman in Argos

Before I let her go, working the loom in my house
And coming to my bed, far from her homeland.
Now clear out of here before you make me angry!”

>>12245688
>Fagles translation
Come on, anon, we all know Lombardo's translation is the best

>>9774699
>waow Lombardo sounds really good
>I think i'll get it!
but then...
>pic related
really made me think