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The standard translation into modern English of Homer’s Odyssey. “The best translation there is of a great, perhaps the greatest, poet.”– “New York Times Book Review” “The best translation there is of a great, perhaps, the greatest poet.”–Rex Warner, “New York Times Book Review”

“This is the best Odyssey in modern English.”–Gilbert HighetA

“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 EngleA

“A landmark in the history of modern translation….Lattimore has reanimated Homer for this generaiton, and perhaps for other generations to come.” “–Times Literary Supplement (London)”