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Translating the ‘Iliad’? Who Isn’t.

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What’s behind the epic rush to put Homer’s ancient text into new modern editions?

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Pop quiz: Which is greater? (a) The number of Republican presidential candidates or (b) the number of new English translations of Homer’s Iliad published in the last decade.

If you answered (a), you’d be right, but by a very slim margin.

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