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Richmond Alexander Lattimore (May 6, 1906 – February 26, 1984) was an American poet and classicist known for his translations of the Greek classics, especially his versions of the Iliad and Odyssey.
Lattimore matched the dactylic hexameter of the original Homeric text. [1] Earlier translations favoured changing the poetic metre into a staple of the target language, a decision made Lattimore's contemporary Robert Fitzgerald for his translation. [2] Lattimore's translation is known for its use of epithets but he did excise many of them. [3]
Since 1950, there have been several English translations: Richmond Lattimore's version (1951) is "a free six-beat" line-for-line rendering in often unidiomatic, often archaic English. Robert Fitzgerald's version (Oxford World's Classics, 1974) uses shorter, mostly iambic lines and numerous allusions to earlier English poetry.
Such was the action of Achilleus in feet and quick knees (Iliad 22.21-24, Richmond Lattimore, Translator). Priam , the King of Troy, was the first to spot the rapidly approaching Achilles. [ 4 ] Calling out to Hector, Priam warned Hector about the approaching Achilles and pleaded with Hector to return into the city. [ 5 ]
Translators and scholars have translated the main works attributed to Homer, the Iliad and Odyssey, from the Homeric Greek into English, since the 16th and 17th centuries. Translations are ordered chronologically by date of first publication, with first lines provided to illustrate the style of the translation.
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