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>As with the Iliad, the preferred translation for the Odyssey is by Alexander Pope

According to whom? Lattimore is the best for the Iliad and Fitzgerald is the best for the Odyssey

>> No.16374170

>>16374158
It's not the best but it's definitely the most based.

>> No.16374215

>>16374158
Pope's translation is impressive but I find the heroic couplets insufferable, I woulnd't reccomend it to a first time reader. I've done some online courses on The Iliad and Odyssey but never seen them use the Pope translation.

>> No.16374243

>>16374158
>Simone Weil
Lmfaoing at r*dd*t*rs

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>>16374158
similarly, Oxford's Ancient Greece is an insufferably boring read with excessive commentary on women's suffrage, slavery, or other ways the Greeks were "bad"

pic related is all you need, just look for good translations