Pope made money by selling subscriptions to his translation of this classical epic ?
Correct answer: C. The Illiad
- A. The Bahagavad Gita
- B. The Odyssey
- C. The Illiad
- D. The Aeneid
Explanation
Pope financed his translation of Homer through subscriptions, first publishing The Iliad and later The Odyssey. The Iliad is the epic named in this question, though the spelling should be Iliad, not “Illiad.”
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