Dave J.’s Reviews > The Iliad > Status Update

Whew, finally reached Book Seven. Lattimore's translation is grand, lyrical and sweeping; the spitting image of "epic." The writing is akin to the more beautiful-sounding parts of the King James Bible (and not nearly as didactic). I tried reading Fagles' version (more modern but also great) and Pope's version (not so great -- his heroic couplets seem out of place), but I like Lattimore's the most.