What's the recommended translation for The Iliad and/or the Odyssey? I understand Fagles is popular here, but I can't find his version for a reasonable price (UK). Penguin classics has the Hammond translation, but have heard nothing about that.
The Iliad
Charles Moore
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Kayden Edwards
Alexander Pope translation is by far the best
Brody Williams
Seconding Pope. For the Iliad at least. His Odyssey isn't as good.
Brody Thompson
Depends what you're looking for from a translation, obviously. But you can google it to see samples from most versions online.
Not sure why price is an issue- I see them quite a bit in second hand bookshops, plus they should be in libraries.
Dylan Lewis
I found it eventually, Amazon was just fucking about a bit.
From what I've gathered:
Pope's goes all the way with rhyming, and seems to flow very well.
Lattimore's is supposedley the most accurate translation, but isn't as enjoyable for a more casual reader interested more in story/poetry than historical analysis.
Fagles reads very well in English and is faithful, but doesn't rhyme in the way Pope's does.
So it's probably a toss between Fagles and Pope for now.
Cameron Rodriguez
Have a look at Fitzgerald too- his are similar to Fagles but may be better.
If you have an e-reader you can get Pope from Project Gutenberg and it won't even be illegal or nothin'. As and say Pope's Iliad is a great read if you're down with old-style rhyming couplets.
Justin Bell
Just read oldbooksblog.wordpress.com
Robert Baker
the copy I bought is Chapman, how screwed am I?
Camden Brown
Read it in Greek you pseud.
Asher Smith
>Pope
>translation
haha