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If we just had a good translation of the Aeneid. Fitzgerald's is okay. CS Lewis's book one is wonderful. But Virgil's poetry carries the Latin in a way that the
by madhadron 6y ago
If we just had a good translation of the Aeneid. Fitzgerald's is okay. CS Lewis's book one is wonderful. But Virgil's poetry carries the Latin in a way that the subject matter really struggles to do without.
I am, however, incredibly happy that we have Clive James's translation of the Divine Comedy.