Lattimore breathes modern life into Homer’s epic, bringing this classic work of heroes, monsters, vengeful gods, treachery, and redemption to life for modern readers. The most eloquent translation of Homer's Odyssey into modern English.

A commentary with an introduction that describes the features of oral poetry and discusses the history of the text of the Odyssey.

Poet and translator of Greek classics Richard Lattimore applies his skills to the four gospels and the Revelation.

This New Testament is itself a classic of another kind - the words of the gospel and the apostles presented for the modern reader in fresh English by a writer without pretensions as a biblical scholar, who was an authority on the Greek ...

This book provides a line-by-line commentary on Homer's "Odyssey", explaining the factual details, mythological allusions, and Homeric conventions.

In this second edition of Greek Lyrics, translator and editor Richmond Lattimore brings together a vast assortment of seventh-and sixth-century Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poetry.