Emily Wilson

The Iliad

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He spoke to him aggressively and sent him harshly away. 

I wanted Homer's intense expressions of rage and grief to be appropriately intense, but never ridiculous or kitsch-given that some modern readers may have little experience of a world in which grown men constantly wail and slap their thighs in grief, or scream marvelously inventive insults at each other in their rage. 

not gonna lie, i’m not really into classics but this was so interesting! i’m glad that i read this translation because i’d be way more confused if i read the others. 

The Iliad

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