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>hear about the iliad being a poem
>open it up
>its some shit sounding prose
How the fuck can anyone see translated poetry as worthwhile? It is beyond belief from a purely artistic standpoint. The only explanation is that pseudo intellectuals want the pseud cred for having read it but cant accpet that they never will because they wont learn Ancient Greek.
Fuck the pseuds.
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are you some pleb who thinks poetry has to rhyme or something? epic poetry has no characteristic that defines how its written
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>>10007607
>>10007680
I really hope both of you are trolling
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>>10007607
>translated poetry is worthless
Some poems keep their poetic character even in translation. Other poems lose a lot. It depends on the language & poet.
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Funny, i read a prose version of the ramayāna (on spanish, though) and some lines of dialogue actually rhymed
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>>10007607
>learning the original language of said text
>thinking you will have a strong enough grasp in the language to understand it
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And will you learn Ancient Greek? Just read the fucking text and be done with it already
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>>10007607
You need a translator who will make it their own. Pic related.
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>He didn't read alexander popes iliad
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>>10007680
>epic poetry has no characteristic
haha oh wow
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