Tuesday, January 23, 2007

News at Eleven: [Robert] Fagles's ear for linguistic currency

is evident in his working of one of many well-known lines from the fourth book, improbe Amor, quid non mortalia pectora cogis: "Love, you tyrant! To what extremes won't you compel our hearts!" The main point of difference with Fitzgerald's translation--"Unconscionable Love,/To what extremes will you not drive our hearts?"--is subtle.

from The Sydney Morning Herald: The Aeneid

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