Continuing with the Greeks
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I want to read Ulysses, because I need to get an idea of how a great author uses a piece of literature and creates something new from it, a reimagining. I tried reading it when I was way younger but it was too hard for me. I'm familiar with some of the Greeks, but not the Odyssey. What translation should I read? Fagles, Fitzgerald, Johnston, Lattimore, Lombardo, Merrill, Palmer, Rieu
>>8072347
Easy to reads are Fagles and Lombardo
Just look up comparisons like this one.
Fitzgerald is the best poetically.
>>8072356
Retard.
>>8072358
The story isn't that kind of poem though.
Have you tried Pope too?
>>8072356
This is digusting. Guess I'll read it in greek.
/mu/ just told me Ulysses wasn't overrated and to come to /lit/ to get proof that it is correctly rated
I haven't read it, should I? Also should Pet Sounds be considered an overrated album
>>8072419
The Odyssey was great. OP is talking about Tennyson, you're probably talking about Joyce's. Don't read it till you have Homer out of the way.
>>8072495
I read the Odyssey and Iliad in high school, guess I'll go pick up a copy of the book (pirate it) soon
