Stanley Lombardo is Professor of Classics, University of Kansas.
"A good idea—its utility far outweighs qualms purists have about
students not reading every last item in the catalogue of ships. The
translation is vigorous and readable." —Andrew
Ford, Princeton University
"Not only does one get an excellent translation of both
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey under one cover, but
the selections included are infinitely better and longer than what
one normally gets in anthologies of Greek literature. For courses
in which entire texts cannot be used, this is by far the best
choice available today." —Kostas Myrsiades, Westchester
University
"The Essential Homer fills a long-felt need for an edition
that offers a sizable selection of the books and passages most
likely to be used in undergraduate courses. It's a wonderful help."
—Richard P. Martin, Stanford University
"This is a wonderful translation—readable, lively, preserves the
essential spirit. Students get caught up in it. The abridgment is a
good text for general classes." —Nicolle
Hirschfeld, California State University, Long Beach
"A fine poetic translation that today's students can understand.
The selections are very well chosen for a course in which time
limitations prevent reading the whole of either epic." —Lillian
Doherty, University of Maryland
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