http://www.metafilter.com/tags/fagles Posts tagged with 'fagles' at MetaFilter. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:05:32 -0800 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:05:32 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/70357/To%2DErebus ObitFilter: Robert Fagles. One of the few men to tackle translating <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&tag=mozilla-20&index=blended&link%5Fcode=qs&field-keywords=fagles">The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid</a>, Robert Fagles <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/books/29fagles.html?ref=obituaries">has died</a>. All of his translations were fast-paced, vibrant renderings that turned the classics once again into best-sellers. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.70357 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:05:32 -0800 aeneid fagles iliad obit obituary odyssey CheeseDigestsAll http://www.metafilter.com/32805/The%2Ddark%2Dcame%2Dswirling%2Ddown%2Dacross%2Dhis%2Deyes <a href="http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.html"><i>Click</i></a> <i> -- MeFites, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/3059">click</a> the <a href="http://oll.libertyfund.org/ToC/0256.php">link</a> of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000583/">Wolfgang</a>'s new <a href="http://www.troymovie.com/">endeavor</a>,<br /> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332452/">murderous</a>, <a href="http://barrysmylie.com/iliad/iliad000.htm">doomed</a>, that <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332452/fullcredits">cast</a> as <a href="http://www.think2learn.com/iliad/">Achaeans</a> <a href="http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/links.htm">countless actors</a>,<br /> <a href="http://chssfp.montclair.edu/kellyd/mythch2.htm">hurling down</a> to the <a href="http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/bloodbathatthehouseofdeath.shtml">House of Death</a> so <a href="http://www.nvcc.edu/home/vpoulakis/Translation/iliadtr1.htm">many</a> <a href="http://www.umd.umich.edu/casl/hum/eng/classes/347/exam.html">sturdy</a> <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/003Signed/IJDeathsIliad.html">souls</a>,<br /> <a href="http://romanticmovies.about.com/cs/upcomingreleases/a/dianekrugertroy.htm">blonde-tressed</a>, <a href="http://www.moviecitynews.com/Notepad/images/2003/Troy.jpg">open-helmed</a> <a href="http://www.hellenic-art.com/armour/helmets.htm">*</a>. Will <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/webaccess/david_benioff_1.shtml">careers</a> be <a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/c/carrioncrow/index.asp">made carrion</a>,<br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/149.shtml">feasts for the dogs</a> and <a href="http://www.torania.de/luthien/hobbit/rayyan-carrion.htm">birds</a>,<br /> as the <a href="http://www.time.com/time/poy2000/">time of Bush</a> is moving toward its <a href="http://www.ktheory.com/archives/2003/09/15/oneterm_preside.php">end</a>?<br /> <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Troy-1132530/preview.php">Begin</a>, <a href="http://www.zeebyrd.com/corvi29/">crows</a>, when the <a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/troy/">trailers</a> first <a href="http://troymovie.warnerbros.com/cmp/trailer.html?id=trailer&type=quicktime&speed=100000">were aired</a>,<br /> <a href="http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/agamemnon.html">Agamemnon</a>, <a href="http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/theatre/interviews/story.jsp?story=508765">some guy</a>, and <a href="http://www.bradpittfan.com/">Brad Pitt</a>, <a href="http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/achilles.html">Achilles</a>.<br /><br /></i> [a wee bit more inside] tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.32805 Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:46:43 -0800 brad fagles iliad movie odyssey pitt robert ulysses mwhybark