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The Iliad of Homer
The Iliad of Homer
Author: Homer, Richmond Alexander Lattimore (Translator)
"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 Rev...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226469409
ISBN-10: 0226469409
Publication Date: 6/1/1961
Pages: 528
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3.7 stars, based on 47 ratings
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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awesome translation! Enjoyed it much!
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YES! I read the whole thing! AND The Odyssey! I can actually quote, from memory, part of the prologue to the Canterbury Tales IN OLDE ENGLISH. Boy, did I get an education, or what!


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