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Who helped Alexander Pope translate Homer’s Odyssey?
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Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope, portrait by Thomas Hudson, c. 1739; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Alexander Pope collaborated with two primary scholars and poets to translate Homer’s Odyssey: William Broome and Elijah Fenton.123
While Pope oversaw the project, the translation work was shared among the three men:
- William Broome: Translated books 2, 6, 8, 11, 12, 16, 18, and 23. He had previously contributed notes to Pope’s translation of the Iliad.23
- Elijah Fenton: Translated books 1, 4, 19, and 20.1
The completed translation was published in five volumes between 1725 and 1726.3