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The Iliad and The Odyssey (Fagles translation) by Homer

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Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
ISBN: 9780670779642
Page: 1
Format: pdf

I decided to get the Fagles translation on my Kindle as my paper copy contains The Odyssey as well so it's huge. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to see La Jolla Playhouse's An Iliad, a re-imagining of Homer's epic poem The Iliad (the Robert Fagles translation) at the Mandell Weiss Forum. Translator: Robert Fagles Publisher: Penguin Books (1998 Edition) Bought from: Book Depository. Scholars believe the poem was first written down in Even better, the book comes with Homer's The Odyssey and Virgil's The Aeneid (both also translated by Robert Fagles) in a gorgeous boxed set. I know I might be oversimplifying this, but in my opinion the Odyssey in its own way shows a slightly better side of the human psyche, and that is why it we might like it more over Iliad. Fremen_warrior (5381 points )“Great Answer” (2 points ) Flag as… . Robert Fagles made famous translations into English of the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid, but no one would refer to him as an English-language "interpreter" of these works. Born in Philadelphia and himself a published poet, Fagles came to classical literature and translation relatively late, or late for his chosen field. ReplyDelete · Phanee 30 April 2011 20:11. But if Fagles' long-awaited version sells like his editions of The Iliad and The Odyssey, it will eventually be known to hundreds of thousands of readers, by choice and by assignment. As with Homer, finding the right translation of the Aeneid is essential to enjoying it. After his bestselling success with the Iliad and the Odyssey, Robert Fagles released his verse translation of the Aeneid in 2006. The poem is likely to have had an oral origin. Hawaii_Jake (23159 points )“Great Answer” (1 points ) Flag as… ¶. There is a big difference between the Robert Fagles and George Chapman translations, so I Yeah, I'm familiar with The Odyssey and I know The Iliad is about the warjust wondering how they got there (and being a bit silly - can't take these big books too seriously!). @bea2345 : As an undergraduate, I had the Lattimore translation, and then later in graduate school, the wonderful Fagles translations were published. The performance I'm far more familiar with its follow -up The Odyssey, both because I read it at an older age, and because a fellow student and I took key scenes and rewrote them in modern tongue for a performance back in college (see I can be a dramaturge too). I think it's hard to comprehend what a huge task Robert Fagles set himself in translating The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid. The Iliad (or Song of Troy) is an epic poem set during the Trojan War.

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