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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.
spoke, and stalked away against the city, with high thoughts in mind, and in tearing speed, like a racehorse with his chariot who runs lightly as he pulls the chariot over the flat land. Such was the action of Achilleus in feet and quick knees (Iliad 22.21-24, Richmond Lattimore, Translator).
So my mind is divided, and starts one way, then another. —Odyssey xix.519-24; Richmond Lattimore's translation). As one of only nine similes in the Odyssey that are longer than five lines, the thematic complexity of the image and its multiple points of contact with Penelope's situation has arrested the attention of many readers. [2]
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.
Odysseus consults the soul of the prophet Tiresias in his katabasis during Book 11 of The Odyssey. A katabasis or catabasis (Ancient Greek: κατάβασις, romanized: katábasis, lit. 'descent'; from κατὰ (katà) 'down' and βαίνω (baínō) 'go') is a journey to the underworld.
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Owen Lattimore (1900–1989), American educator, author and target of Sen. Joseph McCarthy; Eleanor Frances Lattimore (1904–1986), American author and illustrator of children's books; Richmond Lattimore (1906–1984), American poet and translator of the Iliad and Odyssey; Sir Lattimore Brown (1931–2011), American R&B singer
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