buttercat1791 on Nostr: Robert Fagles and Richard Lattimore made the two most commonly-read translations, I ...

Robert Fagles and Richard Lattimore made the two most commonly-read translations, I believe. I read Lattimore in college, it has some memorable turns of phrase in how it renders the Greek.

Take a look at this site to compare some passages.

https://www.iliadtranslations.com/compare/fagles-vs-lattimore