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29 reviews
Homer

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999

Straight-forward translation
I own and have read translations of The Iliad & The Odyssey by Fagles, Fitzgerald, and Lattimore. I rate them as follows: 1. Lattimore 2. Fitzgerald 3. Fagles Fitzgerald's translations are often the most enjoyable. However, I feel that Lattimore's clarity facilitates greater understanding of the story by the reader.

Iliad and Odyssey boxed set

34 reviews
Homer

Penguin Classics, 1999

The ground is dark with blood
The Iliad With many books, translations are negligible, with two obvious exceptions, one is the Bible, and surprisingly the other is The Iliad. For example: "Rage--Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, Murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, hurling down to the House of Death so many souls, great fighters' souls. But made their bodies carrion, feasts ...

The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

136 reviews
Homer

Penguin Classics, 1998

A defense of Fagles for the general reader
I don't normally write reviews for "the classics": what can I say that hasn't already been said more elegantly and succinctly by hundreds and thousands already? So, regarding the book itself I will say simply that this story clearly has earned the title of "classic" and will surprise newcomers (or readers like myself who have gained a newfound appreciation for works like this upon adulthood!) ...

The Iliad: The Fitzgerald Translation

39 reviews
Homer

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004

A Masterpiece
This book was of course the favorite of Alexander the Great. He kept it under his pillow every night, and read it everynight. So I decided to check it out. And it turned out to be great! I personally like this book better than the Odyssey, partly because I like warfare over advantures. I found it more interesting, and by far the best poetry ever written (in my opinion).

The Odyssey

137 reviews
Homer

Penguin Classics, 1999

Fagles finds the translator's "middle ground" amidst controversy
About the Odyssey itself, I can add no greater praise than that which has already been deservedly heaped onto one of humankind's greatest literary creations. This particular version is graced with an excellent introduction and notes by Bernard Knox, and what I consider to be a very good translation by Robert Fagles. The translation style stirs up controversy, with one highly rated review here ...

The Iliad of Homer

61 reviews
Homer

University Of Chicago Press, 1961

the iliad
Though it was a challenging read (how challenging will depend on the translation), Homer's epic poem Iliad is a classic tale about the war between the ancient Greeks (Achaeans) and the Trojans, and the involvement of the gods in the war. Although I am generally not fond of ancient mythology, this particular epic seemed to be an exception; the Iliad cannot be dismissed as just another story ...

The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation

92 reviews
Homer

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998

The Odyssey. Homer/ Robert Fitzgerald, translator.
"Odysseus rolled his head to one side softly, ducking the blow, and smiled a crooked smile with teeth clenched." It's been a few years since I read Walden, but I recall Thoreau stating that Homer's epics should be read in no language but Greek. He may have been less inclined to this view if he'd had access to Robert Fitzgerald's translation, first published in 1961. It is said, by those who ...

Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1)

534 reviews
Homer Hickam

Delta, 2000

Amazing True Story
Homer Hickam grew up in a rural isolated mountain town but went on to win the National Science Fair. This book is his story and how he was successful. I bought 24 copies of this book to inspire my advanced 6th grade Reading class. They loved the book. In our discussions they mentioned never giving up. Homer and his friends kept trying until they had success. Thank you for sharing your ...

Iliad

33 reviews
Homer, Stanley Lombardo

Hackett Publishing Company, 1997

An epic translation
"Sprung out of bitterness, the philosophy of the Iliad excludes resentment." Thus Rachel Bespaloff, stating the seemingly impossible. Years ago I read the Iliad in Fitzgerald's fine translation, but every page had the heavy cadence of a "classic." Now I'm reading Fagles' and Lombardo's translations back to back, and am surprised how much I'm enjoying the poem. I don't dispute those who judge ...

The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)

38 reviews
Homer

Penguin Classics, 2006

A great translation.
I recommend this translation for anyone who loves this story, and tried to read it before and gave up. This book is an easy, flowing, beautiful read. Some readers may disagree with some of the translator's choices. For instance, the scene where Odysseus must carefully explain to Calypso why he wants to leave her - this translation has him say that he longs to travel home and see the dawn of his ...

The Odyssey (Signet Classics)

12 reviews
Homer

Signet Classics, 1999

War and Penelope
I hope that those who read my review will forgive me because I would like to talk mainly about Penelope, the wife of Odysseus. When I read the Odyssey for the first time, I thought it was a wonderful adventure book with beautiful and dangerous women and I laughed with that half-wit of a Polyphemus, one of the cyclops. But near the end something was missing, it was not what it should be. Odysseus ...

The Sobs of Autumn's Violins

13 reviews
A. R. Homer

Llumina Press, 2005

An Intelligent Spy Thriller from WWII
Author A. R. Homer creates a captivating story of the D-day invasion and all that leads up to it by mixing actual historic facts with both real and fictional characters. His novel, "The Sobs of Autumn's Violins - A Novel of War and Love," is a wonderfully creative and devious mixture of history and imagination. Although this is only Homer's second novel, he is already being viewed as one of ...

The Odyssey (Puffin Classics)

7 reviews
Homer

Puffin, 1997

The Odyssey review
this book was for a 11year old girl who was doing a school summer project. She loved the book, the simplicity of the story and had her project completed in two days

The Iliad (Signet Classics)

19 reviews
Homer

Signet Classics, 1999

Excellent
For a first read of the Iliad, this is an excellent translation. Though it is in prose, it maintains the epic feel.

DK Classics: The Odyssey (DK Classics)

6 reviews
Homer

DK CHILDREN, 2000

A classic journey...
Remember your absolute favorite English teacher- the one who made English Lit, or poetry, or whatever come alive, so that you understood it, enjoyed it, wanted more of it? The one who knew endless interesting things about the writer, the world they lived in, and so on? Well, DK classics are like having a master class with that teacher. Instead of hitting The Odyssey for the first time in high ...

The Odyssey of Homer (Bantam Classics)

6 reviews
Homer

Bantam Classics, 1990

Hear the Sirens sing.
When I was a younger lad, I bought Richard Lattimore's translation, which is a grandiose bore. Then I had the good fortune to read Mandelbaum's Aeneid, which shines. This brought me to Mandelbaum's Odyssey. And it is the ideal Odyssey for scholarship and pleasure: -The language is simple and strong. Mandelbaum knows his job--he tells the story simply and brings the ancient genius of Homer ...

The Basic Principles of Effective Consulting

2 reviews
Linda K. Stroh, Homer H. Johnson

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005

Review of Book
Great book! I liked how the book goes through each step of the consulting process. Follow the steps and you can't go wrong. Probably the best feature is the practical advice given in each of the chapters. For example, the authors tell you what questions to ask in the first meeting with a client, how to write a successful proposal and contract, how to conduct interviews, how to collect data, how ...

Odyssey

13 reviews
Homer

Hackett Publishing Company, 2000

Eminently readable and true to the original text
Lombardo's translation of the Odyssey, as well as his Iliad and Aeneid, receive much-deserved kudos as the most readable translations available. He writes with poetic and colloquial English that makes it easy for the lay person to understand. Unfortunately, many of these same lay readers bash Lombardo's translations because they assume the personable nature of the writing makes it ...

The Odyssey by Homer

14 reviews
Homer

Penguin Audio, 2005

Outstanding rendition
This is an absolutely fabulous product, but if you are not used to listening to audio books, I should give you a warning. This product is 11 CD's of one person speaking for about 13 hours. Can you imagine sitting down in the morning at home and staring at the wall for 13 hours while same voice goes on and on, all day and into the night? No, that won't work. So you at least have to break up ...

The Essential Homer: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey

2 reviews
Homer

Hackett Publishing Company, 2000

The Best of the Best of the Best
Lombardo's translations of Homer are brilliant, energetic, and fun to read. While other translations are as dry and dusty as ancient Greek itself, Lombardo remarkably manages to bring it all to life, and reading both the Iliad and the Odyssey are as interesting and exciting as reading the most fascinating and lurid novel you've ever had in your hands. The best thing about this edition is that ...

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