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The Iliad and The Odyssey (Fagles translation)


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(Bernard Knox, in his introduction to Robert Fagles' translation, does point out the difference in approach even in these very introductions. The Iliad is still hard to follow, at least for me, but Fagles made it a thrilling pleasure. I'm not sure I'd ever read The Odyssey from start to finish before: Robert Fagles' translation sings, and made the reading much more enjoyable than it might've been if I'd stuck to one of the older versions available for free on the web! Fagles is best known for his masterful translations of Homer's epics the Iliad and the Odyssey. I might even be tempted to read the Fagles translation of The Iliad. The Iliad and The Odyssey (Fagles translation). Professor, poet, and academic Robert Fagles passed on Wednesday, March 29th, from prostate cancer. Anyway, in roughly the same rambling format of the Iliad entry, onward! And the repetition of the Odyssey seems a lot milder than that of the Iliad, thus somewhat lessening the effect of Mitchell's approach. After reading a number of translations of The Odyssey in college, I definitely fell in love with Fagles. The.Iliad.and.The.Odyssey.Fagles.translation..pdf. I found myself reading the Odyssey as a gripping narrative of a This is a reversal of his stance in the Iliad, when he spoke of his desire for a short life and a glorious death. I'm not sure if it's the fact that it's 15 years later, or that Robert Fagles is da man when it comes to translating, but reading The Odyssey is (dare I say it?) . I feel like he truly "gets" how Homer and other bards would have told this story. Fagles' translations of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey were both popularly and critically acclaimed. Besides the Odyssey and the Iliad, he also completed a translation of Virgil's Aeneid — which I have to catch up on. Fagles, the Arthur Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus at Princeton University, was widely acclaimed for his popular translations of Homer's "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey," both of which became best-sellers. This being my first time, I opted for the more traditional Fagles translation: The Odyssey Also, while Stephen Mitchell is planning an edition of the Odyssey, it doesn't have a release date yet.





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