Richmond Lattimore fu un poeta e classicista americano, celebrato per le sue traduzioni dei classici greci, in particolare le sue versioni dell'Iliade e dell'Odissea. Queste versioni sono ampiamente considerate tra le migliori traduzioni inglesi disponibili. Il suo approccio mirava a preservare lo spirito degli epici originali, rendendoli accessibili ai lettori contemporanei.
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.
Cinquantun giorni della guerra degli Achei contro Troia (Ilio, da cui il titolo): dall'ira di Achille, l'eroe invincibile, o quasi, dell'esercito acheo contro il capo della spedizione Agamennone, reo di avergli sottratto la schiava Briseide, al funerale di Ettore, l'eroe troppo umano dell'esercito troiano sconfitto dall'astuzia di Ulisse. Il capolavoro assoluto del genere epico, la nascita e il momento fondante dell'intera tradizione letteraria dell'Occidente.
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
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.
