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Which Greek epic did T.E. Lawrence translate into English prose?
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T.E. Lawrence translated Homer's Odyssey into English prose. Commissioned by the book designer Bruce Rogers, Lawrence worked on the translation at various Royal Air Force bases between 1928 and 1931. The work was published in 1932 under the name T.E. Shaw.1