The Iliad of Homer
by Homer
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Author: HomerBrand: Chicago Distribution Center
Editor: Richmond Lattimore
Translator: Richmond Lattimore
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1961-06-01
ISBN: 0226469409
Number of pages: 527
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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Book Review: "Gricks may rise and Troysirs fall . . ."--Joyce
Summary: 5 Stars
The translation of "The Iliad" I'd bring to the moon. But who says I have to pick one? What I like about Lattimore is, I sometimes feel Homer's face popping through the pages. Lattimore's translation says, "This is important." And I think his scheme, the line-by-line thing, is overall for the best. You have to go to it; I try to avoid overly slangy translations; and I was never one to mind "thee" and "thou." But hey, as Shakespeare said, you have to piece out its imperfections in your mind. I mean, is there one best performance of Bach's "St. Matthew Passion"? No: that's why I own 4 different CD's of it. Fitzgerald is good; he hits burts of poetic heights that others don't. Other than that, I think A. T. Murray is just as good (i.e., straightforward). Give Pope a shot. Once you get "used to it," it's a poetic marvel. I read Butler's translation a while ago, and that's a good, solid prose translation, like the aforementioned Murray's. Fagles I couldn't get a grip on, but if he's your cup of tea, why not? Wherever you roam, I'd snatch up a used copy of Lattimore from good ol' Amazon and keep at your bedside, just like Alexander of old.
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