The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander

The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander

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Dang, still holds up, both in prose and themes. Powerful, profound, beautiful, and stirring. This translation in particular is fantastic. While others might have more soaring and beautiful poetry, they do so by straying from the text a bit. Others are more literal, but dull and boring. This translation, from what I can see strikes directly in the middle. It's great.

May 25, 2019Report this review