“Well, You Know, Jay, I Have Been Running For A Long Time. My Entire Life, Which Is About Four Million

I had the book so I just took a picture

(sorry that the quality is bad)

I've been meaning to read the Illiad and the Odyssey for ages but keep putting it off cause I've heard they're hard reads/written kinda complicated. I was just wondering if the version you have is an easier read? What's the writing style like?

I would say it is a slightly easier read than some of the ones I’ve read in the past! Emily Wilson’s are structured into a more poem/verse type story, and since they are newer translations I would say they have the advantage of more so modern language?

These are pictures of the first page of two of my versions of the Odyssey! The first is the Emily Wilson Translation (2018) and the second is Samuel Butler (1900)

And this one is one from the first page of Emily Wilson’s Iliad (2023) (I don’t have another to compare it to sadly)

Overall I greatly enjoy her translations! I’m not done reading her Iliad yet, but so far it is turning out to be really good!!!

Zeus: "If you don't end him now, you'll have no one left to save."

Athena: "Finish it."

Aeolus: "The end always justifies the means."

Poseidon: "Ruthlessness is mercy."

Hermes: "You can be hurt or you can beat her. ... I'll help you conquer her."

Tiresias: "I see a man who gets to make it home alive, but it's no longer you."

Hestia, probably:

does is make sense?

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I know Poseidon is evil and all that, but i actually feel bad for him in 600 strike :( his screams were so real and the gargle he made freaked me

beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. I love the last design.

since you love Telemachus so much, you should give us your best Telemachus drawing

oh boy... i'm not the best artist, but here goes

i thought he'd look cool with a spear ...

also WARNING: sucky photo quality bc i took this with my computer

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