Richmond Lattimore was een Amerikaanse dichter en classicus, gevierd om zijn vertalingen van Griekse klassiekers, met name zijn vertolkingen van de Ilias en de Odyssee. Deze versies worden algemeen beschouwd als behorend tot de beste beschikbare Engelse vertalingen. Zijn aanpak was erop gericht de geest van de oorspronkelijke epossen te behouden en ze tegelijkertijd toegankelijk te maken voor hedendaagse lezers.
In three paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer a selection of the most important and characteristic plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides from the nine-volume anthology of The Complete Greek Tragedies. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of more than three million readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for classroom use.
In nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of over three million readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for classroom use.
Metrische vertaling van het Oud-Griekse epos over de wrok van Achilles, de grootste Griekse held, tegen Agamemnon, die zijn geliefde slavin heeft afgenomen.
This poem mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses, as he was known in Roman myths) and his long journey home following the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War.[2] In his absence, it is assumed he has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, called Proci, competing for Penelope's hand in marriage.
A brief discussion of the life of Aeschylus and the structure of early tragedy accompanies a translation of the three plays based on H.W. Smyth's Loeb Classical Library text
The tragedy of Oedipus' daughter - a wise, fearless heroine who shuns society's laws - from the master Greek dramatist.
Richard Littlemore's translation of the New Testament keeps as close to the original Greek as possible, reflecting the style of the original and letting the words of the Apostles and early disciples speak for themselves.
