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Who made the first English translation of the Odyssey from the original Greek?
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Odyssey: A Reader’s Guide to Homer’s Epic
Engraving of Homer by Hieronymus Wierix, 16th century; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
The first English translation of the Odyssey based on Homer's original Greek was produced by the poet and playwright George Chapman, published in London in 1616.12