Does anyone have an opinion on either the new Penguin De rerum natura translated by A.E. Stallings or the new University of Pennsylvania Horace's Satires translated by A.M. Juster?
Horace & Lucretius
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I'm afraid not.
I can't speak for those translators you mentioned but, should you want me to, I can advise you on translators of those two authors whom, in my experience, are fantastic.
I haven't read every translation available, sadly, but I can advise you on several
I can't speak for those translators you mentioned but, should you want me to, I can advise you on translators of those two authors whom, in my experience, are fantastic.
I haven't read every translation available, sadly, but I can advise you on several
Sure. Who do you recommend?
Sorry for the very late response, I hope this is still of use to you BUT:
I think David West, as unusual a scholar as he is, still provides the best translations for Horace's works. His commentaries sometimes border on the bizarre but I think he is brilliant.
-- Sadly, I have just checked online, David West did not translate the Satires in which case I would recommend Sidney Alexander. Still! Remember the name David West if Horace's other works take your fancy!
For Lucretius... there are so many good ones, but I personally believe that Martin Fergurson Smith offers one of the best translations, with a good balance of fidelity and transparency.
I hope the two I've mentioned can be of use to you. I can't remember Alexander's very well I'm afraid, since I studied Horace too many years ago to remember what was good about him in particular Ferguson, however, is more recent to me, and I do remember that he is very good.
Good luck!
I think David West, as unusual a scholar as he is, still provides the best translations for Horace's works. His commentaries sometimes border on the bizarre but I think he is brilliant.
-- Sadly, I have just checked online, David West did not translate the Satires
in which case I would recommend Sidney Alexander. Still! Remember the name David West if Horace's other works take your fancy!For Lucretius... there are so many good ones, but I personally believe that Martin Fergurson Smith offers one of the best translations, with a good balance of fidelity and transparency.
I hope the two I've mentioned can be of use to you. I can't remember Alexander's very well I'm afraid, since I studied Horace too many years ago to remember what was good about him in particular
Ferguson, however, is more recent to me, and I do remember that he is very good.Good luck!