#lots of ppl still read pope's translation for instance and it was published in the freaking 1700s | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

johaerys-writes · 7 months ago

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When you're watching a film set in the 40s and the characters are reading an Odyssey translation that was only published in the 90s, so you just sit there like 😐

#nothing quite like small details like this to throw me off #i don't even own that particular translation but something about it didn't sound right #i was like wait... this sounds like fagles #but he didn't publish his Homeric translations until the 90s. that can't be right #and i check online and it WAS fagles #and now i'm wondering why movies do that lmao??? it's so easy to find a version of an ancient work #that's contemporary of the ppl you're filming #literally so easy #lots of ppl still read pope's translation for instance and it was published in the freaking 1700s #*sigh*#anyway. i wish my hyperfixations let me enjoy things lmao

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