The paperback of Wilson's Odyssey has "He failed, and for their own mistakes they died", bringing back, even if not fully, the σφετέρῃσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν of the Greek.
I love the word atasthalia! There is a cool use of it in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. On translating Homer people might enjoy this and many other pieces in the new journal Ancient Exchanges: https://exchanges.uiowa.edu/ancient/issues/departures/iliad/
The paperback of Wilson's Odyssey has "He failed, and for their own mistakes they died", bringing back, even if not fully, the σφετέρῃσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν of the Greek.
I love the word atasthalia! There is a cool use of it in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. On translating Homer people might enjoy this and many other pieces in the new journal Ancient Exchanges: https://exchanges.uiowa.edu/ancient/issues/departures/iliad/