looking for the best translation of the iliad, please help me Veeky Forums
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looking for the best translation of the iliad, please help me Veeky Forums
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Fagles for beginners.
Pic is related though, that's Achilles in his true form mate
Achilles was black
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Fagles is good
Chapman is very fine, Pope is too. If those prove too heavy try Lattimore.
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Never.
Lattimore.
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Ah, yes, the famous blond savage
Thoughts on the Verity translation?
Fagles reads like shit
Go with Fitzgerald
>Ah, yes, the famous blond savage
Nice simple description for the incarnation of Ares. Was that intentional, brah?
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Chapman ftw.
The best translations are faithful to the target language, not the source language. Chapman writes as if Homer had been English.
Get whatever translation you want, but also get War Music by Christopher Logue.
I really enjoyed it, but I'm not an authority.
fitzgerald master race.
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I enjoyed Pope, Fagles is good as well.
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I liked Fagles
Why do you recommend this one? I have that edition but I've been told it's better to read the Iliad in verse.