Description: Lattimores translation of Homers "Odyssey" into modern English has been called the best translation there is of a great, perhaps, the greatest poet by the "New York Times Book Review."
Brief description: Richmond Lattimore was born in 1906. He was considered one of the leading translators of Greek classical literature. He died in 1984
Review Quotes:
"A landmark in the history of modern translation. . . . Lattimore has reanimated Homer for this generation, and perhaps for other generations to come." - Times Literary Supplement (London)
"A splendid achievement. . . the best translation there is of a great, perhaps the greatest, poet." - New York Times Book Review
"[Lattimore's] Odyssey is his masterpiece." - Walter Kaufmann
"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
"The best. . . translator of Greek poetry into English is Richmond Lattimore. . . . This is the best Odyssey in modern English." - Gilbert Highet