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What’s the cr Odyssey translation? Fitzgerald? Lattimore? Fagles?…

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Ricky
  07/16/26
it's ... complicated.
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  07/16/26
https://www.reddit.com/r/classics/comments/yrj49k/comparison...
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  07/16/26
The Wilson translation seems the most IFNB-friendly, based o...
The Maine Politician?s Assaults
  07/16/26
Fagles
The Penis
  07/16/26
the credited translation is Avi Coinblatt
The Rumpole Omnibus
  07/16/26
https://i.4pcdn.org/pol/1536602493672.jpg
CapTTTainFalcon
  07/16/26
Fagles Fitzgerald is way too dry
The Maine Politician?s Assaults
  07/16/26
His translation of Sophocles is excellent too
The Penis
  07/16/26
cr I think I have the penguin classics theban plays somewher...
The Maine Politician?s Assaults
  07/16/26
sing to me of the man, muse the man of twists and turns dr...
CapTTTainFalcon
  07/16/26


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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:19 AM
Author: Ricky



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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:22 AM
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it's ... complicated.

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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:28 AM
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https://www.reddit.com/r/classics/comments/yrj49k/comparison_of_odyssey_translations/

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Date: July 16th, 2026 12:58 PM
Author: The Maine Politician?s Assaults

The Wilson translation seems the most IFNB-friendly, based on that excerpt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883205&forum_id=2).#50004105)



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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:58 AM
Author: The Penis

Fagles

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883205&forum_id=2).#50003978)



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Date: July 16th, 2026 12:37 PM
Author: The Rumpole Omnibus ((zurich is stained))

the credited translation is Avi Coinblatt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883205&forum_id=2).#50004065)



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Date: July 16th, 2026 1:09 PM
Author: CapTTTainFalcon

https://i.4pcdn.org/pol/1536602493672.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883205&forum_id=2).#50004126)



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Date: July 16th, 2026 12:56 PM
Author: The Maine Politician?s Assaults

Fagles

Fitzgerald is way too dry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883205&forum_id=2).#50004098)



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Date: July 16th, 2026 1:03 PM
Author: The Penis

His translation of Sophocles is excellent too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883205&forum_id=2).#50004114)



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Date: July 16th, 2026 1:09 PM
Author: The Maine Politician?s Assaults

cr I think I have the penguin classics theban plays somewhere that uses his translation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883205&forum_id=2).#50004124)



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Date: July 16th, 2026 1:06 PM
Author: CapTTTainFalcon

sing to me of the man, muse

the man of twists and turns

driven time and again off course

one he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy

many cities of men he saw

and learned their minds

many pains he suffered

heartsick on the open sea

fighting to save his life and bring his men home

but he could not save them, hard as he strove

the recklessness of their own ways destroyed them all, the blind fools

they devoured the cattle of the sun

and the sun god wiped from sight the day of their return

launch out on the story, muse, daughter of zeus

start from where you will

sing for our time too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883205&forum_id=2).#50004120)