Posted on 03/28/2008 11:48:14 AM PDT by Borges
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Have you heard of him?
Indeed. A serviceable translator.
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Fagles’ was the best Iliad and Odyssey translation. I liked Fitzgerald’s until Fagles’ came out. Fagles’ is better.
I thoroughly concur!
Our loss. I wonder what he will say to “Homer.”
How do you rate Lattimores’ translation?
How do you rate Lattimores’ translation?
Here’s someone else’s view that goes into more detail than I can.
http://manwhoisthursday.blogspot.com/2007/04/homer-translations.html
And here is the first few lines by all three.
http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/homer.htm
Each has their own style. I like a plain readable yet faithful version.
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