Do we need another one - or another four in one month? This month, four new translations of Homer's "Iliad" are due to be released, according to The Economist. You might expect to see the same result time after time, but in the article below, starkly different translations of the same line are presented as well as short profiles of the translators and their style - a couple staunch, dusty old men from academia, one poetess, and a reissued translation.
http://www.economist.com/node/21532253
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