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[Lev Lafayette]

--- "Hibbs, Phil" <phil.hibbs at capgemini.com> wrote:

> 
> Jacob Andersson:
> >I can't help to react. Are you suggesting that when
> the Gilgamesh saga
> >is translated into English the cultural references
> are to be changed to
> >2100st century western European equivalences? 
> 
> Do you object to the Penguin Classics translation of
> The Oddyssey changing
> "the fishy sea" to "the wine-dark sea", because
> "fishy" sounds silly in
> English?
> 
> Phil Hibbs

Hell yes.

Penguin have really made a *huge* mistake there. The
phrase "on the fishy sea" is the equivalent of "on the
barren sea", as fish are not considered a desirable
food in the Homeric epic. By calling it "wine dark"
they have completely destroyed the meaning of the
phrase.

(see Chapter 2 of Silvia Montiglio, "Wandering in
Ancient Greek Culture", University of Chicago Press,
2005)

I think I'll send a grumpy email to Penguin about
that...



Lev




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