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Title: Odyssey (Hackett Publishing Co.) by Homer, Stanley Lombardo, Sheila Murnaghan ISBN: 0-87220-485-5 Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $37.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: an epic accomplishment
Comment: This is by far the best translation of Homer's Odyssey that I've read. I may be biased because I'm a student at the University of Kansas, where Lombardo teaches, but I think many would agree with me. Lombardo really makes an effort to make classical texts enjoyable and interesting for everyone. This is a very readable translation - as quick a read as any epic poem will ever be.

Rating: 5
Summary: Homer for our time
Comment: This translation brought the Odyssey to life for me like no other translation I've read, verse or prose. I blew through the exciting story like I would a "page turner" novel. I found myself laughing at the wordplay and looking back paragraph by paragraph (well, maybe they're not called paragraphs) to Lattimore's translation to compare. I can't wait to get Lombardo's Iliad.

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Title: Iliad by Homer, Stanley Lombardo ISBN: 0872203522 Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $10.95