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Title: Big disappointment
Review: The first clue that this translation isn't what it should be is the fact that the poems all rhyme. You can't translate Greek to English accurately and expect it to rhyme. He also chose to translate the names of the Gods either into their English words (like Heaven) or their Roman names (like Saturn) rather than leave their Greek names so you can figure out exactly who he means (Like Ouranos). He confused Hecate, Selene and Artemis, calling them all Diana at one point or another and I think there's a point where he translated Dione as Diana as well. The final result- you spend more time trying to guess who the poem is about.Further, despite the title's promise of a "preliminary" dissertation, there is more commentary throughout the book than poems, though the commentary doesn't help much in figuring out who the heck he's talking about unless it contains snippets of Greek which is sometimes helpful.In short, there is little to no value to this book.
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