Richmond Lattimore était un poète et classiciste américain, célébré pour ses traductions des classiques grecs, en particulier ses versions de l'Iliade et de l'Odyssée. Ces versions sont largement considérées comme parmi les meilleures traductions anglaises disponibles. Son approche visait à préserver l'esprit des épopées originales tout en les rendant accessibles aux lecteurs contemporains.
In three paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer a selection of the most important and characteristic plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides from the nine-volume anthology of The Complete Greek Tragedies. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of more than three million readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for classroom use.
In nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of over three million readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for classroom use.
A new modern reprint of a 1950 classic by Homer.
This poem mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses, as he was known in Roman myths) and his long journey home following the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War.[2] In his absence, it is assumed he has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, called Proci, competing for Penelope's hand in marriage.
A brief discussion of the life of Aeschylus and the structure of early tragedy accompanies a translation of the three plays based on H.W. Smyth's Loeb Classical Library text
Pour avoir enterré son frère rebelle, Antigone doit être punie de mort. Le tyran Créon refuse de revenir sur sa décision malgré les lamentations des vieillards de Thèbes et les supplications de son propre fils Hémon, fiancé d'Antigone. Seuls les présages de Tirésias le feront changer d'avis, mais il sera déjà trop tard.
Richard Littlemore's translation of the New Testament keeps as close to the original Greek as possible, reflecting the style of the original and letting the words of the Apostles and early disciples speak for themselves.
