Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 883
EAN: 9780226469409
ISBN: 0226469409
Label: University Of Chicago Press
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: June 01, 1961
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Sales Rank: 3190
Studio: University Of Chicago Press

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
"Each new generation is bound to produce new translations. [Lattimore] has done better with nobility, as well as with accuracy, than any other modern verse translator. [In] our age we do not often find a fine scholar who is also a genuine poet and who takes the greatest pains over the work of translation."--Hugh Lloyd-Jones, New York Review of Books




Rating: - Good for history, but not my favorite
There is some value to this book. Actually alot of value. Unfortunately I had a hard time keeping my interest in the book. It is fiction with historical settings and real people. For Bible lovers it gives some insight to traditions and happenings outside the Bible around the time of Saul or David. Of course the Iliad would have been written sometime after Solomon. Now it does not have anything to do with the Bible but it does provide a picture of other cultures of that time.

Homer ... Read More

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Rating: - greek myth
Nothing in greek myth stands alone - you'll need a basic background to get all the side stories. The Odessey is more entertaining on the whole but chronologically this precedes. Unbiased translation - always good.

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Rating: - Apt reading for America today
been for the Greeks of 3000 years ago. Lattimore has given us with a brilliant translation that makes this masterpiece accessible in all its beauty to modern-day English speakers. The introduction provides the necessary understanding of the background and translation scheme, adding to the appreciation of the poem, but concise and short enough to permit the reader to delve into the beauty of the Iliad without much further ado. The Iliad of course is the most famous classic Greek poem. In reading this ... Read More

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Rating: - Richmond Lattimore...Genius!!!!!
Richmond Lattimore was an absolute genius. I recommend this book to very advanced classics students, but especially to those who have taken many years of Latin and Greek courses. The translation is most certainly not intended for anyone prosaic. It is more literally and accurately translated than any other translation in existence. For the lover of poetry, this translation is a must! Bravo Lattimore!!

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Rating: - Invaluable Documents but...an uneasy read.
I recognize and agree that Lattimore's translations of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" are the MOST TRUE to Homer and Ancient Greek we have ever seen.

Two minor examples: he uses long verse lines (like Homer), maintains Homer's sentence structure and he keeps and repeats all the Epitaphs exactly as they appear in Homer.

Lattimore's choice of words and sentence organization can sometimes seem jumbled and complicated and his manner/style somewhat archaic, it is because Lattimore is ... Read More

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