Comment by YeGoblynQueenne
Comment by YeGoblynQueenne 2 months ago
Not luck, but the Μοίραι, the Fates, the most powerful deities in Greek mythology, whose will not even Zeus could change.
If Wilson is translating them as "luck", she's done you and all her readers a disservice, but I get a feeling that's just one of many. Popular as her translations might be, and despite the glowing review int he article it seems she is taking great liberties with the content of the epics and presenting it through a strongly distorting modern lens [1].
Source: I'm Greek, grew up in Greece, went to school in Greece and you betcha we studied the Iliad and the Odyssey (in absolutely abominable modern Greek translations) in high school. I read them back and forth multiple times and drew stick figure cartoons on the margins, usually of Corinthian-helmeted warriors disemboweling each other. a.k.a. The Iliad.
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[1] Apparently: