[Consim-l] Iliad (was Re: Craonne)

[Dave Kohr]

On Dec 2, 2007 9:23 AM, John Best <jlbest at advancenet.net> wrote:
> [big snip]
>
> The Trojan War, Barry Strauss (way
> too much "pop history" for me; it doesn't need that to "bring the story to
> life"--the story is pretty darn compelling as it is.  Stick with "The
> Iliad", Robert Fagales translation)

For what it's worth, back in undergrad when I was a classics major, my
professor of ancient Greek
strongly preferred Lattimore's translation, because he thought it's
the most accurate:

  http://www.amazon.com/Iliad-Homer/dp/0226469409/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196879098&sr=8-3

Probably Fitzgerald's would have been his second choice, though a
distant second.

Dave