tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post6796564408786929894..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: The Odyssey in the 21st CenturyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-63492957921863490482018-01-23T18:07:42.953-05:002018-01-23T18:07:42.953-05:00Both my children read The Odyssey as part of their...Both my children read The Odyssey as part of their education at Washington, DC private schools (they grew up in DC while my husband was working at the IMF and World Bank, before our return to Canada). Both studied Latin, beginning in Grade 5 (for my daughter) or Form B (for my son). And my son even was required to memorize passages of Homer in Greek. So classical education isn't quite dead!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550076661380685327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-58710965603092247692018-01-23T12:57:33.290-05:002018-01-23T12:57:33.290-05:00I've read The Odyssey every year for years, mo...I've read The Odyssey every year for years, most often the Fitzgerald translation, and The Iliad, half as often, the Fagles translation. Wilson's intro and her work have already knocked my socks off. Loving it!<br />KateMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03122119472638312967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-23521799994338794262018-01-23T11:43:28.521-05:002018-01-23T11:43:28.521-05:00I look forward to reading Wilson's translation...I look forward to reading Wilson's translation, thanks! If you have a chance, I highly recommend Christopher Logue’s “War Music” (1981), “Kings” (1991), “The Husbands” (1995), “All Day Permanent Red” (2003), and “Cold Calls,” his attempt at a modernist translation of Homer’s Iliad. All five volumes have been compiled in “War Music: An Account of Homer’s Iliad” (2016).Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706188248803555417noreply@blogger.com