What translation is recommended for the Iliad and the Odyssey?

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2016-05-03 20:17:09 Post No. 7995302
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Anonymous 2016-05-03 20:17:09 Post No. 7995302 [Report]

What translation is recommended for the Iliad and the Odyssey?

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Anonymous 2016-05-03 20:19:11 Post No.7995310
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Anonymous 2016-05-03 20:19:11 Post No.7995310 [Report]

>>7995302
Fitzgerald/Chapman
First/second read

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Anonymous 2016-05-03 21:51:12 Post No.7995562
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Anonymous 2016-05-03 21:51:12 Post No.7995562 [Report]

pope's

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Anonymous 2016-05-03 21:52:05 Post No.7995565
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Anonymous 2016-05-03 21:52:05 Post No.7995565 [Report]

Fagles, Lattimore, Fitzgerald

Sample these and pick the one you like.

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Anonymous 2016-05-03 21:53:10 Post No.7995572
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Anonymous 2016-05-03 21:53:10 Post No.7995572 [Report]

>>7995302
learn 2 ancient greek

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Anonymous 2016-05-03 22:16:37 Post No.7995651
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Anonymous 2016-05-03 22:16:37 Post No.7995651 [Report]

>>7995302
Why the fuck would someone fill a building with pictures of buildings? Just go outside, fuck.

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Anonymous 2016-05-03 22:22:46 Post No.7995663
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Anonymous 2016-05-03 22:22:46 Post No.7995663 [Report]

>>7995651
It's art. You wouldn't understand, love.

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Anonymous 2016-05-03 22:24:23 Post No.7995668
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Anonymous 2016-05-03 22:24:23 Post No.7995668 [Report]

>>7995572
I know you're baiting, but I'll respond seriously:

Yeah, no. I had ancient Greek for a couple of years in high school, and I have a feeling I'll never learn it well enough to appreciate the full depth of the classics. Reading a translation is a shortcut to works that would otherwise remain inaccessible to me for a lifetime.