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The Odyssey of Homer (Perennial Classics)

by Homer and Lattimore

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ISBN13: 9780060931957
ISBN10: 0060931957
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Publisher Comments:

The most eloquent translation of Homer's Odysseyinto modern English.

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)

Review:

-- 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))

Review:

"The best...translator of Greek poetry into English is Richmond Lattimore...This is the best Odyssey in modern English." (-- Gilbert Highet)

Synopsis:

Presents the story of Odysseus' return from the Trojan War to his homeland in a modern English translation.

Synopsis:

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

Richmond Lattimore was born in 1906. He was considered one of the leading translators of Greek classical literature. He died in 1984
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ISBN:
9780060931957
Translator:
Lattimore, Richmond
Introduction:
Lattimore, Richmond
Translator:
Lattimore, Richmond
Introduction:
Lattimore, Richmond
Author:
Lattimore, Richmond
Author:
Homer
Publisher:
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Location:
Boston :
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Continental european
Subject:
Odysseus (Greek mythology)
Subject:
Epic poetry, Greek
Subject:
Greek poetry
Subject:
Odysseus
Copyright:
1967
Edition Number:
School ed.
Edition Description:
1st Perennial Classics ed.
Series:
Perennial Classics
Series Volume:
85
Publication Date:
19990601
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
8.00x5.34x.96 in. .74 lbs.
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