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Homer, aligned across languages and centuries

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World Classics presents reading editions of the Iliad and Odyssey alongside Greek source text and historical English translations.

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For: Readers comparing Homer across languages
Worth noticing: The homepage lists 27,794 polytonic Greek lines, 48 books, five language traditions, and eight historical English editions.

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Navigation divides the material by epic, language, and historical translation, with direct links for each of the 24-book poems. The homepage says the modern English, Spanish, French, and German prose editions are aligned with the Perseus polytonic Greek; it also lists eight public-domain English reference editions, including Chapman, Pope, Lang, and Butler. Counts and source attribution are stated on the page, not independently verified here.

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