books by Homer     books:       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 ...             Iliad and Odyssey boxed set35 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 ...             Odyssey14 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 ...             Iliad33 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: The Fitzgerald Translation93 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 ...             The Iliad of Homer64 reviews Homer University Of Chicago Press, 1961 Western literature starts here Having been a very lazy student in high school, I'm sure I was assigned to read the Iliad or Odyssey, but never did. A recent trip to Crete, and to the ruins of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization inspired me to read Homer. Considering the comments of reviewers who read the Iliad under duress as students, I'm glad that I read it on my own account. Why read the Iliad? For one thing, it's ...             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 ...             The Odyssey137 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 Odyssey of Homer30 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.             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 Translation39 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 (Dover Thrift Editions)1 review Homer Dover Publications, 1998 Titantic Epic! Amazing story of what one man will suffer simply to achieve their dream of returnig to their homeland. The translation is precise and clear, a story that I will always love.             The Essential Homer: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey2 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 ...             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 Consulting2 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 ...             The Homeric Hymns4 reviews Homer The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004 Ian Myles Slater on: An Established Favorite The Athanassakis translation of the "Homeric Hymns" -- a somewhat disparate collection of narratives, possible opening invocations for performances of longer poems, and a mix of what seem to be actual religious documents and literary exercises -- displays both literary grace (in the verse-line translations), and scholarly explication (in the introduction, and in the accompanying notes to the ...             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 Violins13 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 by Homer15 reviews Homer Penguin Audio, 2005 Utterly superb I'll not waste any time of yours with long and deserving praise for this telling of an ancient story, other than to say that should another day pass where you have stolen from yourself the opportunity to listen to this master storyteller lead you through a story written by a master, then only the Gods can forgive you. Sir Ian Mckellan's performance is measured and beautiful, and there is no ...             The Iliad (Penguin Classics)16 reviews Homer Penguin Classics, 2003 Excellent Value: An Interesting But A Slow and Bloody Story of Hand to Hand Combat in 1200 BC Troy, With A Good Introduction I read Homer's Odyssey in about two days, and thought that it was an interesting and a compelling read. I read the translation by T.E. Lawrence. The Iliad is a much slower read by comparison, and it is a much more complicated book. It took me two weeks of reading on and off to make my way through this present book, and my longest stretch was just 50 pages before I would lose my concentration. ...              search for books autumn, bantam, basic, boxed, boys, classics, coalwood, consulting, deluxe, dover, edition, editions, effective, essential, fitzgerald, from, homer, homeric, hymns, iliad, odyssey, penguin, principles, rocket, selections, series, signet, thrift, translation, violins books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen outdoor living: Brussel's Dawn Redwood Outdoor Bonsai Tree home  impressum - about us