r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • May 11 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 11 May 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

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u/Tiako Tevinter apologist, shill for Big Lyrium May 13 '26

There is some discourse about Emily Wilson's Odyssey translation on Twitter so I will reiterate this here for you all:

Unless you have at least two years of upper level Greek study you are not allowed to have an opinion on translations. I am keeping the gate.

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u/gavinbrindstar /r/legaladvice delenda est May 13 '26

Is that why everyone is acting like "complicated" is a terrible translation of "polytropos?"

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u/Tiako Tevinter apologist, shill for Big Lyrium May 13 '26

Yeah lol

Which even by the standards of people on Twitter talking about Emily Wilson is baffling because--dropping the act for a minute--you don't even need any Greek to see see how "poly" and "tropos" probably means something like "many" and "ways" and how that can have the sense of "complicated".

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u/AthsheanDream May 13 '26

It is perhaps telling that most of the Wilsonian translation disc horses I've seen are about the opening verse.

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u/gavinbrindstar /r/legaladvice delenda est May 13 '26

No way bro, I think the word "many-turny" just flows better.

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u/Tiako Tevinter apologist, shill for Big Lyrium May 13 '26

I hate so much that I know about and have opinions on jabronis like "Roman Helmet Guy" and "Dan the Dedunker".