The Odyssey of Homer

The most eloquent translation of Homer's epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus and his arduous journey home after the Trojan War | "The best... translator of Greek poetry into English is Richard Lattimore.... This is the best Odyssey in modern English." --Gilbert Highet | "A landmark in the history of modern translation.... It would be a crime to underestimate the miraculous and self-effacing artistry with which Professor Lattimore has reanimated Homer for this generation, and perhaps for other generations to come." --Times Literary Supplement (London) | "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 | "[Lattimore's] Odyssey is his masterpiece." --Walter Kaufmann