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Old 05-10-2013, 02:01 AM   #16517
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The best one by far, IMHO, but speaking as a classicist, is Richard Lattimore's. If you can't read the Greek original (and, alas, those who can are an ever-shrinking minority), Lattimore's version is about as close as you can get to the "feel" of the original. It is available as an ebook. His "Odyssey" is also the best, in my view.
Thanks very much for the tip, I'll investigate.
I can read a little modern Greek but I don't think that would help with Homer!
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