How to Read the Iliad for the First Time

Andrew Ford: For any of our listeners who would like now to revisit the Iliad or maybe read it for the first time, what are your favorite translations to recommend? He says everybody who knows the Greek loves Richmond, Latimore because it's the most faithful and reflects a little bit of the often austere noble dignity of the text. If you want something that's more flowing and closer to modernity, Robert Fagels is as good as anyone,. Andrew Ford: Next time we're going to meet one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Sapho.