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The Illiad translation
Which translation is best of Homer's Illiad?
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04-24-2010, 07:19 AM
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The translation we were expected to read in university was by Richmond Lattimore. I've read several different ones since and this is still my favourite.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iliad-Homer-...2107920&sr=8-4 Mind you if you want to look at a "retelling" rather then a straight translation, I like Christopher Logue's "War Music" too. |
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04-24-2010, 09:29 AM
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Yes, the Richard Lattimore translations of both the Iliad and Odyssey are widely regarded as being the best. They maintain the "feel" of the Greek hexameter verse very well, which a lot of the translations lose.
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04-26-2010, 04:59 PM
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Thanks guys!
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