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Which translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey is the best? Seriously, not meming here.

>> No.9557687

Lattimore.

>> No.9557723

>>9557591
Lagerlöf

>> No.9557743
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9557743

Read the first page of different translations and stick with the one you prefer.

There's no "best"

>> No.9557761

>>9557591
Lattimore for Iliad and Fitzgerald for the Odyssey.

Pope for both on your second go.

>> No.9557782

Every day this thread.

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9557880

>Akhilleus

>> No.9558095

>>9557761
>Buying a book twice
Literally why?

>> No.9558127

>>9558095
"It is a pretty poem Mister Pope, but it is not Homer."

>> No.9558132

For the uninitiated reader, Fitzgerald

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9558137

>>9557880
>Ulysses

>> No.9558165

>>9557743
Wow, I sure am feeling the power of your moderate wisdom.

>> No.9558175

>>9558132
Why Fizzy G?

>> No.9559011

Bump, I need explanations on why you recommend a certain translation.

>> No.9559013

>>9557743
you are an ass hat

>> No.9559061

Fagles. Not memeing or joking.

>Best sounding.
>Most accessible.
>Best and most thorough intros.

It doesn't matter about 100% literal translations or poetic ones. The Iliad and Odyssey are stsories that had been passed down for generations and probably changed all the time. Its the story that is important, and Fagles makes them the most entertaining.

>>9558127

>Homer as a person who sat down and wrote the books.

Wrong.