Talk:The Odyssey (Butler)/Book I

Roman god names in place of greek ones

E.g. neptune, mercury

Since homer was not roman, why are the names of the gods in his stories roman?—unsigned comment by 82.18.180.28 (talk) .

This is Butler's translation. In the original, of course, there is no anglicized Latin. Jkelly 17:20, 22 June 2007 (UTC)