A Translator’s Reckoning with the Women of the Odyssey

Re:A Translator’s Reckoning with the Women of the Odyssey by CalChris on Saturday December 09, 2017 @05:37PM (#15888577)

> her twelve hanged maids

Yes, Penelope's maids come to a bad end. I think a lot of critics misread this as misogyny on Homer's part. However, it is meant to be balanced with the death of the suitors and also Odysseus' shipmates, leaving only the marriage at the end.

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Re:A Translator’s Reckoning with the Women of the Odyssey by skadamou on Saturday December 09, 2017 @05:47PM (#15888635)

Hmm, that's an interesting take I had not considered before. I can totally see where our modern sense of sexuality/morality could get in the way of some of Homer's subtler themes.

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Re:A Translator’s Reckoning with the Women of the Odyssey by CalChris on Saturday December 09, 2017 @06:02PM (#15888702)

Although I'm very partial to Fitzgerald for the Odyssey and to Lattimore for the Iliad, I'm really looking forward to Wilson's translation.

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Re:A Translator’s Reckoning with the Women of the Odyssey by madhadron on Saturday December 09, 2017 @08:34PM (#15889267)

I also love Fitzgerald's Odyssey. I tried Wilson's, and it just didn't sing at all, which really put me off.

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