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Tamil translations of Homer’s Greek epics

July 17 , 2023 490 days 661 0
  • 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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