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Odyssey (George Chapman translation)

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• ... that when someone accused George Chapman of basing his translation of the Odyssey on a Latin translation, he called them an "envious Windfucker" in the preface?

• Source: He also expressed loathing for an "envious Windfucker" who spread rumours that Chapman based his translation on an existing Latin translation instead of the original Greek.

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Created by ImaginesTigers (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

— ImaginesTigers (talk∙contribs) 21:19, 16 February 2025 (UTC).

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: @ImaginesTigers: Recently created, no unsourced materials, and no grammatical or spelling errors. I made some minor copyedits. The hook is really good. Nice job. Jon698 (talk) 02:49, 17 February 2025 (UTC)