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Re:The Odyssey by Homer, Translated by Samuel Butler by duped on Monday July 17, 2023 @12:12PM (#36759984)
> To really appreciate these books, find a translation that is up-to-date

On the contrary I think reading a 100 year old translation of a 2,800 year old story is enlightening on a different level

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Re:The Odyssey by Homer, Translated by Samuel Butler by number6 on Monday July 17, 2023 @12:16PM (#36760039)
But if you need a translation for the translation...
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Re:The Odyssey by Homer, Translated by Samuel Butler by GloomyBoots on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:36PM (#36761326)
You don’t need a translation for hundred-year-old poetry. You might need a dictionary, mainly for archaisms (and I mean words that were already archaisms at the time). That said, I don’t like this translation.
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Re:The Odyssey by Homer, Translated by Samuel Butler by anigbrowl on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:37PM (#36761334)
You don't. You just need to work a bit harder.
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Re:The Odyssey by Homer, Translated by Samuel Butler by number6 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @03:19AM (#36768982)
Or work even harder and read the original
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