Which Odyssey translation wins a blind reading test?
Compare the same passages in eight English translations without seeing the translators' names.
Odyssey Test
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Translations compared
- Alexander PopeOUP
- Samuel ButlerOpen Road
- Robert FitzgeraldPicador
- Richmond LattimoreHarper
- Robert FaglesPenguin
- Stanley LombardoHackett
- Emily WilsonNorton
- Daniel MendelsohnChicago