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Originally Posted by HarryT
The unfortunate thing about these classics is that there are fewer and fewer people who are in a position to appreciate them. You really do have to read them in the original language to appreciate how wonderful the hexameter verse is - it's intended to be listened to, rather than read silently. A translation loses all the "impact" of it.
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True. A bad translation can also make even the most interesting story seem dull.