The Iliad Of Homer

The Iliad of Homer

The finest translation of Homer ever made into the English language.-William ArrowsmithCertainly the best modern verse translation.-Gilbert HighetThis magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer and the classics, and the multitude who always wanted to read the great Iliad but never got around to doing so.-The American Book CollectorPerhaps closer to Homer in every way than any other version made in English.-Peter Green, The New RepublicThe feat is decisive that it is reasonable to foresee a century or so in which nobody will try again to put the Iliad in English verse.-Robert FitzgeraldEach 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 BooksOver the long haul Lattimore's translation is more powerful because its effects are more subtle.-BooklistRichmond Lattimore is a fine translator of poetry because he has a poetic voice of his own, authentic and unmistakable and yet capable of remarkable range of modulation. His translations make the English reader aware of the poetry.-Moses Hadas, The New York Times