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Old 10-12-2010, 01:13 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by ctol View Post
For me two books, the Robert Fitzgerarld translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey. In my opinion these translations are closer to the Homeric texts.
Totally agree. I think the Fitzgerald translations set the bar for everything else that follows.
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