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Re:The Odyssey by Homer, Translated by Samuel Butler by pborenstein on Monday July 17, 2023 @02:15PM (#36761907)
Gift link to Emily Wilson's NYT Article "Exit Hector, Again and Again: How Different Translators Reveal the ‘Iliad’ Anew"

Worth a read.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/books/review/iliad-transl...

Re:The Odyssey by Homer, Translated by Samuel Butler by philshem on Monday July 17, 2023 @02:43PM (#36762278)
Her Translator’s Notes at the preface of her translation of the Odyssey are fascinating to read (as was her translation).

https://dornsife.usc.edu/assets/sites/903/docs/wilson_emily_...