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For real why did he make Agamemnon look like fucking batman. Gimme that silly ass armor
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Lacking in both aura, and, historical vibes. Kinda just looks like slop.
If anyone wants to read the Odyssey, I'd suggest the modern Emily Wilson translation. It attempts to be a more direct and faithful adaptation that maintains a similar rhythm as the original spoken poetry in greek.
More importantly imo she removes a lot of the Victorian brainworms prior English translations smuggled in, like calling slaves "servants" or calling Helen a "bitch" rather than the more correct "dog faced," which doesn't have the same gendered connotations as "bitch" does in English. Lattimore is still my favorite translator of.the epics, but Wilson's is really wonderful. Both her Iliad and Odyssey are worth reading.
Helen:
wtf did u just call me
Was biden doing a homeric reference when he called that one reporter a "Dog faced Pony soldier"
The Lattimore and Wilson translations are what I'd go for as well. The others are basically just victorian fanfics calling themselves translations.
It's great, the War Nerd Prose Iliad is great, and I'm a big fan of the Pope translation of both if you want something in a higher register. All such different vibes, all great.
The Nolan vibes are fucked though. Looks like a third rate spinoff of the Dune movies, but without decent art design and using leftover TDKR props.