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Subject: Re: Should I try to get a different translation of the Illiad andOdyssey?
From: pcockram <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:01:46 -0500
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Dear Michael,
Lattimore is the most literal, and he also retains Homer's iambic hexameter,
which I find clunky in English.  Still, the translation is almost word-for-word
what is in the Greek.  Personally, I find both Fagles and Fitzgerald more
interesting and beautiful, though there are some passages in Fitzgerald that
are unclear.
best, Patricia

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