The Epic of Dildomesh

[Anonymous No.19908358]

What the fuck did I buy?

[Anonymous No.19908365]

Average modern academic

[Anonymous No.19908381]

>>19908358
Which edition is this so I can avoid it?

[Anonymous No.19908386]

What's the problem?

[Anonymous No.19908392]

>>19908381

[Anonymous No.19908402]

>>19908386

It's fan-fiction

[Anonymous No.19908578]

>>19908358
Reminds me of the anons in the classical language general who violently argue with people about some point about Latin/Greek, but it's revealed at the end that they can't read either, or are in the process of 'learning one' (i.e. they've had an idle textbook open on their desk for weeks with the first page declension tables)

[Anonymous No.19909014]

>>19908358
>>19908392
>Stephen Mitchell

Isn't this the same retard who published a version of Tao Te Ching by letting someone else actually translate the work and then himself rewrote the text produced by the translator to make it easier to understand? Iirc he also changed "he" to "her" just to make it more gender neutral. I have no idea why so many ppl on Reddit praise this guy.

[Anonymous No.19909019]

>>19908358
Translating poetry usually works that way, since it's hard to find someone who speaks a language AND is a good poet. There's nothing wrong with it.

I'm sure this book sucks, but that's because the author is a redditor, not because of that.

[Anonymous No.19909024]

>>19908358
Based

[Anonymous No.19909051]

>>19909024
Who ever wrote that is an actual retard. Livius Andronicus was actually very literal from the fragmenta we have, and we're he isnt literal, he uses the best latin equivalent to the homeric greek

[Anonymous No.19909056]

>>19909051
>from the fragmenta we have

[Anonymous No.19909074]

>>19909056
Whats the point of this reply? We only have fragmenta of his Odusia

[Anonymous No.19909080]

>>19909074
Bruh, considering that every cultivated Roman knew Greek, do you think they would have quoted parts where the translator made shit up?

[Anonymous No.19909098]

>>19909080
What the fuck are you even saying?
I know it's hard for autists to properly articulate their thoughts but this is ridiculous

[Anonymous No.19909101]

>>19908358
Avoid Stephen Mitchell
Idk how it's not more common knowledge here that he's a fraud
Just look at the works he has 'translated', clearly there's no way he has such a high degree of competency in all the languages he 'translates' from
That said, I've never seen Stephen Mitchell's translation in any images posted here and it's not in the 'begin with the bronze age' image so i'm not sure what made you buy that edition
>>19909014
Well I thought he based his 'translation' on prior translations and not one he commissioned himself but basically
Also he completely reworked some of the chapters
Stephen Mitchells 'translation' of chapter 5
>The Tao doesn't take sides;
>it gives birth to both good and evil.
>The Master doesn't take sides;
>she welcomes both saints and sinners.
D C Lau's translation
>Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs;
>the sage is ruthless, and treats the people as straw dogs.
IIRC he said he didn't care about being accurate but just writing whatever was meaningful to him

[Anonymous No.19909107]

>>19909051
You just restated what was said in the picture. Congratulations, you're retarded.

[Anonymous No.19909111]

>>19909107
it's not. try again.

[Anonymous No.19909128]

>>19909098
Are you actually this retarded, m8? If we have fragments, it's because they were quoted by someone else. And considering the fact that the person quoting those fragments knew Greek (all cultivated Romans did), he would never quote a fragment that was not an accurate translation of the Odissey. The fragments that survived are those that were accurate.

Now go with your dilator2000 or something.

[Anonymous No.19909130]

>>19909101
isn’t there like a hundred different translation of the tao and they’re all completly different?

[Anonymous No.19909146]

>>19909128
So then the author of the pic >>19909024 also made baseless claim.

[Anonymous No.19909159]

>>19909130
It can be translated differently yes
Stephen Addiss & Stanley Lombardo
>Heaven and Earth are not kind: The ten thousand things are straw dogs to them.
>The Sage is not kind: People are straw dogs to him.
Michael LaFargue
>Heaven and Earth are not Good they treat the thousands of things like straw dogs
>The Wise Person is not Good he treats the hundred clans like straw dogs

[Anonymous No.19910877]

>>19908358
crooked image are fix

[Anonymous No.19910887]

>>19908358
you know what you bought OP

[Anonymous No.19910889]

>>19910877
you didnt straighten them you just rearranged them autism

[Anonymous No.19910903]

>>19910889
they are indeed straighten sir
bottom image u see is skewed so text is straight

[Anonymous No.19910930]

>>19908358
I suspect that most modern 'translations' amount to this. Every new edition of Homer since Lattimore has simply been an amalgamation and rearrangement of previous translations and people putting their own spin on the text to make a quick buck or to push an agenda. Sure they might take a glance at the original but why bother when the work has already been done. Just take a 17th or 18th century translation and update it to modern grammar and style and your done.

[Anonymous No.19910941]

Mitchell sucks. Read the version by NK Sandars.

[Anonymous No.19910955]

>not in cunyform

[Anonymous No.19910986]

I've never read Gilgamesh before and I saw this exact version at a library, picked it up, and shut it as quickly as possible when I read that shit.

[Anonymous No.19911802]

So what is actually the best translation that's still readable for someone who doesn't have a degree in ancient literature?

[Anonymous No.19912163]

>>19911802
Norton Critical 2nd Ed.