We had to read the Iliad and the Odyssey when in high school. I have no idea which translation tho I suspect it was Lattimore as that sounds familiar.
I still remember the epithets tho that was over 50 years ago. “Man mountain Ajax”, “Horse tamer Hector”, also such expressions as “The Wine Dark Sea”.
I need to read them again tho I have not read a book except for Matt Brackin’s for several years.
I read the Odyssey when I was younger. Roman and Greek antique history was my favorite subject in school