Lendle

• Translated by Stanley Lombardo.• Introduction by Sheila Murnaghan.”Gripping… . Lombardo’s achievement is all the more striking when you consider the difficulties of his task… . [He] manages to be respectful of Homer’s dire spirit … more

Selections from both Iliad and Odyssey, made with an eye for those episodes that figure most prominently in the study of mythology.”A good idea—its utility far outweighs qualms purists have about students not reading every last item in the … more

While preserving the basic narrative of the Iliad, this selection also highlights the epic’s high poetic moments and essential mythological content, and will prove especially useful in surveys of world literature.

• Translated by Stanley Lombardo.• Introduction by Sheila Murnaghan.Lombardo’s Odyssey offers the distinctive speed, clarity, and boldness that so distinguished his 1997 Iliad.