Daniel Mendelsohn – Translating Homer's Odyssey

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Jul 28, 202672:09Society & Culture

America’s most celebrated living classicist, Daniel Mendelsohn’s new translation of Homer’s Odyssey has been universally acclaimed as the greatest and most authentic ever to appear in English; capturing both the music an...

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