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Just wanted to read some damn Iliad by Pope but these fucking morons put his verse in prose. Why?

>> No.14538284
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More like doodoo press. Fuck these guys

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holy shit. which bootleg publisher is this lmao

>> No.14538295

>>14538285
see>>14538284

>> No.14538349

Can some anon direct me to a publisher who actually prints Pope's verse? Im skeptical of going out on a whim for this one now.

>> No.14538355

>>14538349
just get a pdf

>> No.14538379

>>14538284
lmao it's like penguin but with a duck!

>> No.14538401

>>14538355
I cant stand pdf's but if thatd the best bet . . .

>> No.14538419

>>14538284
>>14538379
Fukken lmao, this is so bootleg it's good

>> No.14538422

>>14538349
>>14538401
>go on amazon
>you can read a portion of the text for free
>check it if it is verse
not that hard, my friend

>> No.14538430

>>14538379
>zoomers don't know what a dodo is

>> No.14538451

>>14538422
Cool, thanks anon. Pretty nifty on Amazon's part

>> No.14538525

>>14538430
not everyone is born in whatever land this print is from

>> No.14538564

>>14538525
>He still doesnt get it
Fucking zoomers

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>> No.14538667

>>14538525
the absolute state of zoomers

>> No.14538668

>>14538422
Amazon's preview feature will often show you previews from different editions instead of the one they're actually trying to sell you.

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>> No.14538689

>>14538670
>>14538649
>>14538657
>Eastern Press
How much did this set you back?

>> No.14538723

>>14538689
I think it was $50 but it was worth it for me

>> No.14538757

Why wouldn't they do that you stupid motherfucker?

It doesn't fucking rhyme. Lord knows why Homer Simpson decided to name it a poem if he didn't even make it rhythmic. Fucking hack

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>>14538757

>> No.14538928

>>14538757
the pope translation does rhyme, retard

>> No.14539105

>>14538349
This is the only decent in print version I am aware of

https://www.amazon.com/Iliad-Verse-Translation-Alexander-Illustrated/dp/1480048348/

You cannot find it on us amazon by searching for "Alexander Pope Iliad" for some reason: need to search the isbn or with the company name. If you want hardcover or the Oddyssey, you need to order from the publisher's site

https://www.exfontibus.com/products/homer-iliad

>> No.14539186

>>14539105
Thanks heaps nigger. However Im going to find an Eastern version online, same one the previous anon posted.

>> No.14539447

Perfect fucking timing, I was just trying to find a decent print of Pope's Iliad an hour ago. Thanks for the heads up OP.

>>14538657
>>14539105
Thanks anons.

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I want to get Horace Gregory's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses and the ones I find (signet classics) have a page count of a little less than 500 pages while other editions almost reach 800. Does anybody know if pic related is a good edition or should I look somewhere else? I doubt it's abridged but the difference seems a bit odd to me.

>> No.14540082

>>14539976
Dont know pal.
However, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/326832/the-metamorphoses-by-ovid/
Read the introductory exerpt and you might get lucky with some hints to your problem. Good luck

>> No.14540120

>>14540082
Thanks. After looking around a bit I think there should be nothing wrong with it. Other translations I've found are in the same ballpark and the difference probably has to do with introduction/notes and formatting.

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>>14540120
Have you thought about the Golding translation? Its meant to be phenomenal. With Shakespeare even praising it; thats enough for me

>> No.14541245

>>14538928
Trolled softly,

>> No.14541249

>>14538349
bruh just search abebooks/vialibri/ebay for $1 second hand copies

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>>14538285
fixed

>> No.14541293

Damn I thought my version with zero footnotes or annotations of any kind was bad (it doesn't even have the name of the translator)