Jersey Girl Dee answers “Which translation(s) would you recommend?”

Abdulla asked this question about The Iliad:

Which translation(s) would you recommend?

Jersey Girl Dee I liked Stephen Mitchell very much. It was easy to read, not so much flowery wording...simple and to the point. I wasn't reading for poetry, I was rea…moreI liked Stephen Mitchell very much. It was easy to read, not so much flowery wording...simple and to the point. I wasn't reading for poetry, I was reading for the story and, most importantly, to understand what I was reading. I rarely zoned out or read the same passage over and over trying to grasp the meaning of what it was trying to say. I just wanted a simple read and Mitchell was by far the best I've read. I liked it so much I also read his Odyssey translation, which was amazing. I remember slogging through that book in high school and not really understanding it at all. Mitchell's translations are great and I was hoping he did other epic translations like the Aeneid, but alas, he has not.(less)

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