![]() Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds, Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turnsĭriven time and again off course, once he had plundered ![]() He finds a rival in Green, who offers a significantly different reading experience. Until now, my preferred translator of The Odyssey has been Robert Fagles. However, it’s the quality of writing in the actual translation that I want to discuss. ![]() His translation of The Odyssey follows his Homer: The Iliad (Berkeley, CA, 2015) and is richly supported by commentary and notes. Historian, translator of Greek and Latin poetry and, in former lives, wartime serviceman in the Far East, journalist and historical novelist, Peter Green is the Dougherty Centennial Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. by Peter Green | University of California Press £24.00 ![]()
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