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Originally Posted by issybird
No Iliad?
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Originally Posted by Nyssa
Is that still starting on January 9th? How are you setting it up?
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I don't suppose I can persuade you to postpone The Iliad and instead begin with The Epic of Gilgamesh. I'd forgotten about Gilgamesh, which pre-dates Homer by a couple thousand years.
There are recent translations that are putatively superior to what was available 30 years ago. They've improved both accuracy and "readability".