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I’ll second Fitzgerald. It seems to be an under-appreciated middle way in terms of translations.
by tiahura 3y ago
I’ll second Fitzgerald. It seems to be an under-appreciated middle way in terms of translations.
- bobbytuck 3y agoNot at all "under-appreciated" If you were in grad school (or maybe even undergrad) 30+ years ago, you read Fitzgerald. Period. It's the fundamental translation. Everything new is judged by Fitzgerald's version. That said, I just finished the Lombardo translation for the Iliad -- and, yeah, it's good. Modern, quick, sweeping. But Fitzgerald's echoes are hard to silence.
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