The Iliad of Homer

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The Story of the battle of Troy. Each new generation is bound to produce new translations. Richard 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. 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...