Iliad Of Homer, The

The finest translation of Homer ever made into the English language.--William Arrowsmith Certainly the best modern verse translation.--Gilbert Highet This 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 Collector Perhaps closer to Homer in every way than any other version made in English.--Peter Green, The New Republic The 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 Fitzgerald 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 Over the long haul Lattimore's translation is more powerful because its effects are more subtle.--Booklist Richmond 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