It is useless to read Greek in translation; translators can but offer …

Virginia Woolf
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It is useless to read Greek in translation; translators can but offer us a vague equivalent. ✨ Virginia Woolf, Hermione Lee (2000). A room of one's own and other essays
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It is useless to read Greek in translation; translators can but offer us a vague equivalent. ✨ Virginia Woolf, Hermione Lee (2000). A room of one's own and other essays

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