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Epistles II/Ars Poetica
10/10
Really just some of the finest Latin literature I’ve read.
— Nov 25, 2023 11:25AM
10/10
Really just some of the finest Latin literature I’ve read.
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James Carrigy
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Persius, Satires
6/10
May very well be that Persius just isn’t as good as Horace, but it certainly feels like the translation trails off a bit towards clunky modernisation of the Latin, making the text more understandable perhaps for the reader, but definitely at the expense of the intent/talent of the author.
— Nov 28, 2023 01:57PM
6/10
May very well be that Persius just isn’t as good as Horace, but it certainly feels like the translation trails off a bit towards clunky modernisation of the Latin, making the text more understandable perhaps for the reader, but definitely at the expense of the intent/talent of the author.
James Carrigy
is on page 108 of 216
Epistles, Book I
8/10
Lightly taking the epistle.
— Nov 25, 2023 12:01AM
8/10
Lightly taking the epistle.
James Carrigy
is on page 77 of 216
Satires, Book 2
9/10
A lot more fun! Drunk bawdy times all round from Horace.
— Nov 17, 2023 02:29AM
9/10
A lot more fun! Drunk bawdy times all round from Horace.
James Carrigy
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Satires, Book 1
8/10
Took me a moment to get used to Rudd’s style of translation, which seems to empathise feel/tone to the character intent of the text over accuracy to the Latin. Such an approach doesn’t work all the time (even in this) but it does make for a riotous and ribald read. Best to imagine a very drunk Brian Cox (The actor) reading this.
— Nov 09, 2023 12:02PM
8/10
Took me a moment to get used to Rudd’s style of translation, which seems to empathise feel/tone to the character intent of the text over accuracy to the Latin. Such an approach doesn’t work all the time (even in this) but it does make for a riotous and ribald read. Best to imagine a very drunk Brian Cox (The actor) reading this.
