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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

It is a great tight translation to the text. Pope uses the Roman names for most of the characters which I find a turn off. But Pope's translation is really tight considering his iambic AA BB CC limitations. It is really an amazing work of English.