The Works and Days; Theogony; The Shield of Herakles

by Hesiod, Richmond Lattimore

Overview

Epic poems by one who has been called the first Greek philosopher and theologian

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780472081615
Publisher:	University of Michigan Press
Publication date:	09/20/1991
Series:	Ann Arbor Paperbacks
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	458,399
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Richmond Lattimore (1906–1984) was a poet, translator, and longtime professor of Greek at Bryn Mawr College.

Editorial Reviews

Richmond Lattimore is a fine translator of poetry because he has a poetic voice of his own, authentic and unmistakable and yet capable of a remarkable range of modulation… Hesiod is earth-bound and dun-colored, indeed part of his purpose is to discredit the brilliance and the ideals of heroism glorified in the Homeric tradition. But Hesiod too is poetry… and Lattimore’s is the only version that makes the English reader aware that it is.”
- New York Times Book Review
 

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