Who translates Homer's Odyssey best?
Compare the same passages in seven English translations without seeing the translators' names.
Odyssey translation test
About 3 minutes
Translations included
- Alexander Pope 1725
- Samuel Butler 1900
- Robert Fitzgerald 1961
- Richmond Lattimore 1965
- Robert Fagles 1996
- Stanley Lombardo 2000
- Emily Wilson 2017