Tamil translations of Homer’s Greek epics
July 17 , 2023
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- The Tamil translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey, the two Greek epics of Homer, were released recently.
- It was part of the project, launched by Chief Minister, to translate and publish international classics into Tamil.
- The International Institute of Tamil Studies is in charge of the project.
- Professor Marudanayagam has rendered The Iliad into Tamil in prose form.
- Pon Chinnathambi Murugesan, a former government employee at the Secretariat, has translated The Odyssey into Tamil in verse form.
- Mr. Murugesan earlier translated Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Roots by Alex Haley and The Travels of Marco Polo.
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