The Odyssey of Homer (Repr of 1967 Ed (Perennial Classics) - Softcover

Homer; Lattimore, Richmond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060931957 ISBN 13: 9780060931957

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2001

Synopsis

The most eloquent translation of Homer's Odyssey into modern English.

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Review:

"The best...translator of Greek poetry into English is Richmond Lattimore...This is the best "Odyssey" in modern English." -- Gilbert Highet-- Gilbert Highet "In this "Odyssey" Professor Lattimore has achieved his chef d'oeuvre as a translator...[A] dazzling and well-nigh flawless performance...Here is a master in perfect control of his medium...A landmark in the history of modern translation...It would be a crime to underestimate the miraculous and self-effacing artistry with which Professor Lattimore has reanimated Homer for this generation, and perhaps for other generations to come." -- "Times Literary Supplement" (London)"[Lattimore's] complete Homer is indeed a splendid achievement, and I shall be very far from being alone in regarding it...as the best translation there is of a great, perhaps the greatest, poet." -- Rex Warner, "New York Times Book Review""Lattimore's translation of Homer's "Odyssey" is the most eloquent, persuasive, and imaginative I have seen. It reads as if the poem had originally been written in English." -- Paul Engle"[Lattimore's] Odyssey is his masterpiece." -- Walter Kaufmann

Book Description:

‘The best living translator of Greek poetry into English is Richmond Lattimore.... This is the best Odyssey in modern English.’ – Gilbert Highet

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0060931957
• ISBN 13: 9780060931957
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384