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Re:Which Odyssey translation wins a blind reading test? by headPoet on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @08:10AM (#49082612)
Is there such thing as an original for a 3000 year old tale? The ancient Greek versions will be heavily edited and modified
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Re:Which Odyssey translation wins a blind reading test? by Ensorceled on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @08:19AM (#49082696)
They mean "a faithful translation" where "original" means whatever Greek version was chosen to be the source not "original" as in the first text from Homer.
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