{"id":2444,"date":"2018-03-26T07:18:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T11:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2018-03-26T07:18:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T11:18:32","slug":"26mar2018-quote-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/26\/26mar2018-quote-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"26MAR2018 \u2013 Quote of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>So, the Odyssey is a sacred text for me.\u00a0 Here is the story of a courageous (if devious) man and a loyal wife and mother.\u00a0 Buffeted by fate, world war and surrounded by enemies they strive against all odds and for half their lives to get back together and restore their domestic peace.\u00a0 What else do you need in a story.\u00a0 Well, an amorous witch, a Cyclops and a journey to hell and back couldn\u2019t hurt.\u00a0 I translated several chapters with the help of a good Homeric dictionary about forty years ago.\u00a0 Now that my brain is mush I look for a good translation.\u00a0 I prefer the version by Robert Fitzgerald\u00a0 but this is an older English version by the poet Samuel Butler that is in the public domain.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the beginning of the poem and the Greek text of the same for atmosphere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Tell me, O Muse, of that many-sided hero who traveled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. 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