Focusing more on translator criticism than the original, but I will treat both a little. As a translator I honestly found Graves rather lacklustre and irritating - a sad discovery considering how highly I thought of his historical novels. His tone changes relatively little where it otherwise should

the original kill-your-gays

Robert Graves translation really made the text come alive..his choice of prose and verse was just magnificent and I know what a superb translator he is after reading his translation of "The Twelve Caesars". I was suprised and disgusted by the numerous ways of man slaughter that Homers's imagination

I recall coming upon this book at the Park Ridge Public Library. Dad had recommended Robert Graves to me as one of his preferred authors from shipboard during WWII and successive teachers had mentioned Homer. Indeed, I had already read a young adult's version of the Odyssey. Graves' version of the I

Robert Graves is a good writer, and his rendition of Homer's Iliad is easy to read and to follow. I might recommend it for someone who wants to read the epic, but is a bit daunted my more formidable translations. However, I still think that Richmond Lattimore's translation retains the feel of the Gr

Those whom the gods would destroy, first they anger. Achilles was born as the most highly skilled warrior of the ancient world and kings want him to fight their wars for them. The Greek gods ever intervene, playing favorites and citing specifics of class and birth and past affronts to determine on w