Men in Aida
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Author | David Melnick |
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Subject | homophonic translation of ancient Greek into English |
Publisher | Tuumba Press |
Publication date | 1983 |
Publication place | United States |
Published in English | 1983 |
OCLC | 10763257 |
Men in Aida[1] is a homophonic translation of Book One of Homer's Iliad into a farcical bathhouse scenario, perhaps alluding to the homoerotic aspects of ancient Greek culture.[2] It was written by the language poet David Melnick and is an example of poetic postmodernism. In 2015, all three books of the Iliad translated by Melnick were published by the independent publishing house Uitgeverij under the title Men in Aïda.[3]
It opens:
- Men in Aida, they appeal, eh? A day, O Achilles.
- Allow men in, emery Achaians. All gay ethic, eh?
- Paul asked if team mousse suck, as Aida, pro, yaps in.
Corresponding to the Greek:
- μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
- οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκε,
- πολλὰς δ᾽ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν
Transliterated:
- mēnin aeide theā pēlēiadeō Akhilēos
- oulomenēn, he mūri' Akhaiois alge' ethēke,
- pollās d' iphthīmous psukhas Aidi proiapsen
Literal translation:[4]
- The wrath sing, goddess, of Peleus' son, Achilles,
- that destructive wrath which brought countless woes upon the Achaeans,
- and sent forth to Hades many valiant souls
References
- ^ Melnick, David (1983). Men in Aida. Tuumba. Vol. 47. Berkeley, California: Tuumba Press. OCLC 13478109.
- ^ Perelman, Bob (28 July 1996). The marginalization of poetry: language writing and literary history (book). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-691-02138-6. OCLC 185423402. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ^ Melnick, David (2015). Men in Aïda. The Hague & Tirana: Uitgeverij. ISBN 9789491914041.
- ^ Homer, trans. A.T. Murray, The Iliad, Loeb Classical Library, 1924. at Perseus
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- Dactylic hexameter
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- Daretis Phrygii de excidio Trojae historia (5th century)
- Hermoniakos' Iliad (14th century)
- Men in Aida (1983)
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- Troy (2004)
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- In Search of the Trojan War (1985)
- Helen of Troy (2003 miniseries)
- Troy: Fall of a City (2018 miniseries)
- King Priam (1961 Tippett opera)
- The Triumph of Steel (1992 album)
- "And Then There Was Silence" (2001 song)
- Tabulae Iliacae
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- The Apotheosis of Homer
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