Thread 24551721 - /lit/ [Archived: 240 hours ago]

Anonymous

7/15/2025, 2:50:18 PM No.24551721

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Should I read Iliad to not get spoiled?

Replies: >>24551727 >>24551754

Anonymous

7/15/2025, 2:52:48 PM No.24551727

>>24551721 (OP)
iliad???I think you shall read Odyssey instead.

Anonymous

7/15/2025, 3:08:41 PM No.24551754

>>24551721 (OP)
The Iliad does not tell the story of the fall of Troy.

Anonymous

7/15/2025, 9:53:55 PM No.24553044

Who is the recommended translator for the Iliad and Odyssey in English?

Replies: >>24553400 >>24553600 >>24554411 >>24554461

Anonymous

7/16/2025, 12:21:42 AM No.24553400

>>24553044
deepl does a pretty good job, but if you don't want to pay monies google translate is ok

Anonymous

7/16/2025, 1:20:57 AM No.24553600

George_Chapman

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>>24553044
Accept no substitutes.

Anonymous

7/16/2025, 9:00:12 AM No.24554411

>>24553044
Pope for Iliad, Chapman for Odyssey

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Anonymous

7/16/2025, 9:36:29 AM No.24554461

>>24553044
pick a translator who has written poetry of their own, which you like.

Anonymous

7/16/2025, 9:39:30 AM No.24554465

Get a Loeb and sound out the Greek like an enfant with their ABCs. Blood memory should evoke the meaning, so that you may understand Homer rather than read him

Anonymous

7/16/2025, 9:45:38 AM No.24554477

>>24554411
Haha
fuck off