111: The Daniel Mendelsohn translation – The Odysseiana Series
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For our first session we acquaint ourself with the supplementary content of the Daniel Mendelsohn translation: Read all material up to page 40 and pp. 63-65 on pronunciation. Study the map and use wikipedia and google maps to go more in depth. Peruse the material at the end of the book, pages 453ff. Use the Glossary of Proper Names to practise pronunciation.
Google Drive for BCE 111
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For this series on Homer's Odyssey we will be using the new translation by Daniel Mendelsohn: Homer: The Odyssey. Translated, with Introduction and Notes. University of Chicago Press, April 9th, 2025.
This translation is also available on Kindle and as an audio book. About Daniel Mendelsohn read here.
If you have already own the 2018 Emily Wilson translation keep this at hand for comparison.
Here are some remarks by Mendelsohn on Emily Wilson's translation. And Joyce Carol Oates's observations (with followup by other posters on https://www.reddit.com/r/classicliterature/ )