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Mike L · 10-24-2011, 01:11 PM

Thanks for posting this information, Ctol.

I have to say that any new translation would have to be very good in order to better E.V. Rieu's work. Rieu was the first editor of Penguin Modern Classics, and produced a superb modern prose translation of both the Illiad and the Odyssey.

I re-read his Illiad earlier this year, and am now re-visiting the Odyssey. But I'll make a point of taking a look at Stephen Mitchell's version as well.

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Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	Thanks for posting this information, Ctol. I have to say that any new translation would have to be very good in order to better E.V. Rieu's work. Rieu was the first editor of Penguin Modern Classics, and produced a superb modern prose translation of both the Illiad and the Odyssey. I re-read his Illiad earlier this year, and am now re-visiting the Odyssey. But I'll make a point of taking a look at Stephen Mitchell's version as well.