Robert Fagles · 1990
Fast, dramatic, easy to fall into — the version most first-time readers actually finish. He trades a little fidelity for momentum; for a first read, that's a fair trade.
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Emily Wilson · 2023
The 2023 arrival critics put on every best-of list: brisk, clear, contemporary. A few purists find it too modern — which tells you exactly what it is.
Richmond Lattimore · 1951
The scholar's standard — closest to the Greek, with the rhythm intact. You feel the rigor, and the slower pace that comes with it.
Peter Green · 2015
Scholarly and richly annotated, accurate without being stiff. The one to read for a class, or coming back a second time.
Robert Fitzgerald · 1974
Homer as poetry first — lyrical and warm, easier going than Lattimore. The one quirk is his idiosyncratic spelling of the names.
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