Advice on Reading Homer in Translation

Re:Advice on Reading Homer in Translation by mwenge on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @10:31AM (#41567968)

If you'd like to give the Iliad a go in the original Greek you can try https://iliad.rocks

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Re:Advice on Reading Homer in Translation by canjobear on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @11:12AM (#41568487)

Enjoy this audio version with meter, rhythm, and fully reconstructed pronunciation including pitch accent and digammas! https://hypotactic.com/my-reading-of-homer-work-in-progress/

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Re:Advice on Reading Homer in Translation by 082349872349872 on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @02:00PM (#41570668)

wow, maybe it's just that I have as little greek as gaelic, but Homer's mad flow gave me the same vibes as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sf0htzbMKk&t=34s (composed ~2750 years later, and to be honest, these lads are not exactly under the aegis of Athena Glaukopis — if anyone's, Dionysus Acratophorus)

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Re:Advice on Reading Homer in Translation by loughnane on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @10:54AM (#41568209)

that is super cool. thanks for sharing!

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Re:Advice on Reading Homer in Translation by anadem on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @02:48PM (#41571207)

Yes! Many of the responses here are intellectual, missing something more earthy. In particular, hearing Lombardo reading from his translation of the Iliad [0] stirred me deeply. For sure I'm going to find a print of his version.

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFAjkf6tk60

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