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Snippet viewView all» About the author () Richmond Lattimore was born in He was considered one of the leading translators of Greek classical literature. PpNew York: Harper and Row, Cloth, $ Published online by Cambridge University By the time Lattimore completed his translation of the Odyssey, Fred Wieck had moved to Harper & Row, which published Lattimore's Odyssey in In, the University of THE OUTLINE OF THE ODYSSEY The Odyssey as we have it is an epic of over twelve thousand lines. Translated with introduction. He died in An American poet and classicist, Richmond Lattimore's translation of The Odyssey is widely considered among the best available in the English language. Lattimore breathes modern life into Homer's epic, bringing this classic work of heroes, monsters, vengeful gods, treachery, and redemption to life for modern readers He earned a PhD at the University of Illinois. His collections include The Stride of Time () and Poems from Three ades (). His many translations of ancient Greek and Latin poetry and plays are often used as standard It has been divided, like the Iliad and probably at the same time, into twenty-four books. Snippet viewView all» About the author () Richmond Lattimore was born in He was considered one of the leading translators of Greek classical Richmond Lattimore: The Odyssey of Homer. The contents can be, very broadly, divided as follows: The Telemachy or Adventures of Homer’s great epic The Odyssey—one of Western literature’s most enduring and important works—translated by Richmond Lattimore. Lattimore’s poetry often engages classical themes and landscapes, using both free verse and received forms. THE OUTLINE OF THE ODYSSEY The Odyssey as we have it is an epic of over twelve thousand lines. It has been divided, like the Iliad and probably at the same time, into Homer’s great epic The Odyssey—one of Western literature’s most enduring and important works—translated by Richmond Lattimore. A classic for the ages, The Odyssey Homer. Book number and line number are the standard terms of reference. A classic for the ages, The Odyssey recounts Odysseus’ Homer.
