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Facts about Translations of Homeric Epics
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Robert Fagles's translations of the Iliad and Odyssey, published in 1990 and 1996 respectively, became bestsellers and remain among the most widely read modern English versions.
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Emily Wilson became the first woman to publish an English translation of the Odyssey, with her widely praised version appearing in 2017.
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George Chapman's English translations of the Iliad and Odyssey, completed by 1616, inspired John Keats's famous sonnet 'On First Looking into Chapman's Homer.
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Richmond Lattimore's 1951 translation of the Iliad is widely used in university courses for its close adherence to Homer's original meter and diction.
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Alexander Pope's verse translations of the Iliad and Odyssey, published in the early 18th century, made him wealthy and famous.