I’m looking for something similar to how Emily Wilson translated the Odyssey, ignoring societal biases and creating something as close as possible to what Homer intended
Specifically, I want something that doesn’t misrepresent the original writing, for example how things about children were changed to be about homosexuality, and how the word “virgin” is nowhere near what the original texts said
There is no original to reference. Even when the first version was compiled, it was an interpretation of existing stories. It’s basically a collection of mythologies that have been reinterpreted by dozens or more different cultures over millennia.
It’s like how, in Jurassic Park, scientists tried to recreate dinosaur genomes. They couldn’t - bits and pieces existed, but not in their original order or configuration. The modern dinosaur genetics were amalgams of old DNA and borrowed sequences from other animals.
That’s right, I just equivocated the bible to the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
Hey, at least the dinos only killed a few dozen people. That’s a fraction of a drop in the Dead Sea, by comparison.
My son would love this analogy 🤓😎