Saw this mentioned on the Classics list last week … here’s the skinny from one of the official pdfs associated with the contest:
The best translation of Iliad, 3.380-420 will win a prize of a class set of The Iliad and a Skype class session with translator Stephen Mitchell. The winning translation will also be posted on the http://www.IliadBook.com website. No knowledge of Greek is necessary. Contestants are welcome to be as free or as literal as they wish. Entries will be evaluated on the basis of the clarity and eloquence (music of the English). Stephen Mitchell will be the judge.
Contest ends May 15, 2012. See official rules for details.
Sadly (and somewhat bizarrely to me, given that the prize is a class Skype session), the contest is only open to people in the 50 states of the US and DC. Still, it could make for an interesting project …
- Full details: Iliad Translation Contest
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