Never read it but it looks really good. Based on the first page I'd put it above Fitzgerald and below Pope, will opt for it when I reread the Iliad
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Jacob Gomez
Ethan Green
>All others sound dated and dull
Your a pleb, Fagles uses dull contemporary language that smooths the verse and makes it read like prose, it's complete garbage
Asher Bennett
>Your
O shit maybe I'm the pleb
Jordan Morales
>All others sound dated
>translation is dated
>book is 2500 years old
Robert Howard
Fagels is an good enough translation and anyone who says otherwise is a memer.
Jayden Diaz
Seeing this opinion really makes me dissapointed in this board. That's exactly like reading a contemporary shakespeare translation because it's "good enough", "flows better" and "isn't dated".
Easton Morris
> tfw you didn't buy the Lattimore translations
Lincoln Baker
just bought this. excited
Cooper Jackson
>Shakespeare
>Translation
I know No Fear exists but you can't compare Greek from 2500 years ago to still readable English.
Ethan Diaz
You give me hope.