George Chapman gained lasting fame for his English translation of which classical work?

• The required answer is - The Odyssey by Homer.

• “Iliad” and “Odyssey”:
- George Chapman translated Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey” into English.
- তার অনুবাদের প্রথম বই 1598 সালে প্রকাশিত হয়েছিল।
- It was completed in 1611, and his version of the Odyssey appeared in 1616.

- Chapman’s Homer contains passages of great power and beauty and inspired the sonnet of John Keats “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” (1815).
- এই সাহিত্য কর্ম গুলো থেকে অনুপ্রাণিত হয়ে Romantic Period এর কবি John Keats রচনা করেছিলেন On First Looking into Chapman's Homer.

• George Chapman (1559-1634):
- George Chapman was born in 1559 in England.
- He was an English poet and dramatist, whose translation of Homer long remained the standard English version.
- English dramatist and poet এর পাশাপাশি তিনি ছিলেন একজন প্রথিতযশা অনুবাদক।

• Notable Works:
- “Bussy d’Ambois”
- “Eastward Ho”
- “Euthymiae Raptus; or the Teares of Peace”
- “Iliad”
- “Odyssey”.

• Other options,
ক) The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam → This was translated by Edward FitzGerald.

খ) The Aeneid by Virgil → Famous English translations were done by John Dryden and later others.

গ) The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri → Notable English translations were done by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Dorothy L. Sayers.

Source: Britannica, English Essence by Website.