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>It is not impossible that Butler's unruffled version is the most faithful. I admit this quote is out-of-context, you can read here J. L. Borges - The Homeric
by pallas_athena 3y ago
>It is not impossible that Butler's unruffled version is the most faithful.
I admit this quote is out-of-context, you can read here
J. L. Borges - The Homeric Versions: https://gwern.net/doc/borges/1932-borges-thehomericversions.pdf https://gwern.net/doc/borges/1932-borges-thehomericversions....
if you speak Spanish or Italian, there are new editions that are translations from Butler, plus Atwood's "Penelopiad" and more, very nice books:
https://blackiebooks.org/catalogo/odisea/ https://blackiebooks.org/catalogo/odisea/
https://blackie-edizioni.it/products/odissea https://blackie-edizioni.it/products/odissea