Pope's Translations Outshines the Genius of Homer?

[Outis]

I am not a speaker of Greek. So I have not read the original Iliad and Odyssey, But I have been reading several translations of Iliad and Odyssey, along with the poems of Lord Alfred Tennyson (Ulysses, Idylls of the King, Lotus Eaters). But we should bear in minds that the age when Homer comes out with his work (We should also consider that at those times, Epics, were meant to be sung, remembered and passed down orally, not only in Greece, but in many cultures and Civilizations, eg. Norse, Indian, etc.) and the Age when Pope and Tennyson writes their works, there is huge gap in terms of the civilizatoin development. One can roughly say that Homer's Iliad and Odyssey comes at the Dawn of the Civilization Day and Pope and Tennyson's works come in the Afternoon of the same day. So comparing and making statements like Pope or Tennyson Outshines Homer, does not make sense. Each is truely a genius and a master poet and epic maker in his own way. But what remains same with Homer or Pope or Tennyson or Maestros is that their works are ever the same, everwhere, anywhere, at any time, and at all times (till doomsday or eternity).

[Virgil]

Wow, that's saying something. You must be a fan of 18th century writing. Pope is a great poet, but I've always felt that his transltion of the Illiad (now I've only read bits and pieces, so take this with a grain of salt) seemed contrary to the style of Homer. But Pope is a master of poetic skill.