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The Odyssey was not translated by Alexander Pope, but by a ghostwriter Pope hired to translate it under his name. He did this to cash in on the enormous popula
by pmoriarty 6y ago
The Odyssey was not translated by Alexander Pope, but by a ghostwriter Pope hired to translate it under his name. He did this to cash in on the enormous popularity of his translation of Homer's Iliad, compared to which the ghostwritten work pales.
Pope's translation of the Iliad is one of the most amazing books I've ever read. Highly, highly recommended if you want to experience stunningly beautiful and powerful language.
- dang 6y agoWow, that's fascinating. How the hell do we get that in the title. Maybe we'll use his name as the label of the translation but without explicitly saying he translated it. That seems approximately what you described.
- pvg 6y agoIt's a little overstated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pope#Translation_of_the_Odyssey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pope#Translation_of_...