smokingintherain 's review for:

The Iliad by Homer

3.5

adventurous challenging fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wilson's translation is far easier to read than Lattimore on a casual read through. Sometimes I disagreed with her translations of various lines, in that it seems context was lost in favor of promoting a specific narrative. For instance the famous "to eat a man raw" is more vitriously contextualized in Wilson than in Fagles perhaps to construe it's deeper meaning to the inexperienced reader. I'd recommend reading this translation alongside a more like by line translation to see good comparison of what is sorry versus what is paraphrasing.