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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by lalaithion on Thursday December 24, 2020 @04:20PM (#25531529)
πολύτροπος literally means "one of many ways" or even more literally "multi-turned". Translating it as "for wisdom's various arts renown'd" is just as much poetic license as "complicated".
Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by Red_Tarsius on Thursday December 24, 2020 @04:39PM (#25531690)
That's the first line of the proem and complicated tells us nothing about the protagonist. Everyone can be complicated, but only Odysseus is πολύτροπον. It's a quality of character few people possess. I feel like Pope's line, despite the artistic license, kept that uniqueness.
Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by hombre_fatal on Thursday December 24, 2020 @09:23PM (#25533631)
My copy in Spanish says the man of many paths (hombre de muchos senderos).

"Complicated" seems trite, almost meaningless. Though I'm willing to read beyond the first line of their translation.

Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by leephillips on Friday December 25, 2020 @03:05PM (#25538649)
If it’s good enough for Shaft it’s good enough for this guy.