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Originally Posted by bearymore
Last, any discussion of translated classics shouldn't leave out the wonderful recent translations of The Iliad and the Odyssey by Robert Fagles.
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The Fagles translations are certainly excellent, but personally I think the Richard Lattimore translations are better. They are probably the closest someone who doesn't read Ionic Greek can get to the experience of reading the original (which I am fortunate enough to be able to read).