The Iliad of Homer

"The finest translation of Homer ever made into the English language."-William Arrowsmith "Certainly the best modern verse translation."-Gilbert Highet "This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer and the classics, and the multitude who always wanted to read the great *Iliad* but never got around to doing so."-*The American Book Collector* "Perhaps closer to Homer in every way than any other version made in English."-Peter Green, *The New Republic* "The feat is decisive that it is reasonable to foresee a century or so in which nobody will try again to put the *Iliad* in English verse."-Robert Fitzgerald "Each new generation is bound to produce new translations. [Lattimore] has done better with nobility, as well as with accuracy, than any other modern verse translator. In our age we do not often find a fine scholar who is also a genuine poet and who takes the greatest pains over the work of translation."-Hugh Lloyd-Jones, *New York Review of Books* "Over the long haul Lattimore's translation is more powerful because its effects are more subtle."-*Booklist* "Richmond Lattimore is a fine translator of poetry because he has a poetic voice of his own, authentic and unmistakable and yet capable of remarkable range of modulation. His translations make the English reader aware of the poetry."-Moses Hadas, *The New York Times*