Lattimore, Richmond 1906-1984

Overview

Works:	401 works in 1,419 publications in 5 languages and 43,867 library holdings
Genres:	Poetry Drama Epic poetry Epic poetry, Greek Tragedies (Drama) Criticism, interpretation, etc Fiction Comedy plays Juvenile works Mythological plays
Roles:	Translator, Editor, Author, Other, Annotator, Author of introduction, Performer, tra
Classifications:	PA4025.A5, 883.01

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Richmond Lattimore

Homer's Iliad : a commentary on the translation of Richmond Lattimore by Norman Postlethwaite( Book )
Homer's Iliad : a commentary on three translations : E.V. Rieu, revised by Peter Jones & D.C.H. Rieu, Homer--the Iliad ; Martin Hammond, Homer--the Iliad ; Richmond Lattimore, the Iliad of Homer by P. V Jones( Book )
Homer's Iliad : a commentary on three translations by P. V Jones( Book )
Richmond Alexander Lattimore (1906-1984) by Emily Vermeule( Book )
Isabel Bishop papers by Isabel Bishop( )

Four modes of translation by Guy Davenport( )
Letters, 1925 March 12-1927 May 11, New York, N.Y., to Alexander Laing, Hanover, N.H., and Pelham Manor, N.Y by Louis Untermeyer( )
Two new Academy Fellows named : Richmond Lattimore and Robert Francis( )
Lattimore, Richmond. educator( )
Kenneth Rexroth papers by Kenneth Rexroth( )
Lattimore, Richmond Alexander( )

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Most widely held works by Richmond Lattimore

The Iliad by Homer( Book )

115 editions published between 1951 and 2011 in English and Multiple languages and held by 4,554 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A line-by-line rendering of the great epic retells, in free-running lines of six-beat verse, the great matter of the Trojan War, Achilles' and Hector's fallible heroism and deaths, and the comings and goings of gods and men

The Odyssey by Homer( Book )

49 editions published between 1965 and 2008 in English and held by 3,140 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A complete translation of the Greek poem recounting the experience of Odysseus during his return from the Trojan War

American poetry : the twentieth century( Book )

1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 2,341 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Contains over 1500 poems by more than 200 well-known American poets, including Langston Hughes, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens

Iphigeneia in Tauris by Euripides( )

20 editions published between 1973 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,232 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is the translation of the Euripides play about the princess Iphigeneia who narrowly avoided death by sacrifice at the hands of her father, Agamemnon. She was saved by the goddess Artemis, to whom the sacrifice was to be made, and swept off to Tauris. As a priestess at the goddess' temple, she has the gruesome task of ritually sacrificing foreigners who land on King Thoas's shores. It has much in common with another of the Greek playwright's work, Helen, as well as the lost play Andromeda, and is often described as a romance, a melodrama, a tragi-comedy or an escape play

The odes of Pindar by Pindar( Book )

33 editions published between 1947 and 1976 in English and German and held by 1,661 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In these odes of victory we are transported in a "blaze of whirling song" to the Greece of the heroes and of the sacred games. As Pindar celebrated the particular victory, invoked the protective deity and told the myths from heroic legend, he expressed the human spirit's loneliness, joy, bitterness and sorrow. The great poet's bold phrasing, deep knowledge of human nature and awareness that "man is of a day" ring strangely modern

Aeschylus by Aeschylus( Book )

27 editions published between 1953 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,603 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers. They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent classicists David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, those translations combined accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation to render the surviving masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides in an English so lively and compelling that they remain the standard translations. Today, Chicago is taking pains to ensure that our Greek tragedies remain the leading English-language versions throughout the twenty-first century

The complete Greek tragedies by David Grene( Book )

24 editions published between 1060 and 1992 in English and held by 1,587 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The poetry of Greek tragedy by Richmond Lattimore( Book )

39 editions published between 1958 and 2003 in English and French and held by 1,524 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Six lectures ... given at the Johns Hopkins University in January, 1957, on the Percy Turnbull Memorial Lectureship of Poetry."

Greek lyrics by Richmond Lattimore( Book )

43 editions published between 1949 and 1984 in 3 languages and held by 1,436 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Anonymous metrical inscriptions and drinking songs accompany biographical sketches and selections from the verse of Greek poets of the seventh and sixth centuries B.C

Story patterns in Greek tragedy by Richmond Lattimore( Book )

33 editions published between 1964 and 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"When Aristotle said that tragedy is an imitation of action, he meant that apart from other purposes and interests tragedy always acts out a story. With this definition in mind, the author examines the most important story patterns found in Greek tragedy. He asks: What are the most important story patterns found in Greek drama? What stories were available for the use of poets like Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides? What did tradition require, permit or forbid them to use? Bringing in many related elements of Greek tragedy, the author defines each of the story patterns suitable to the genre -- tracing the roots to the folklore and myths of ancient Greece."--Back cover

Euripides by Euripides( Book )

4 editions published in 2013 in English and held by 1,248 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Greek tragedies by David Grene( Book )

30 editions published between 1942 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,157 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Contains translations of plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides; a selection from The Complete Greek tragedies

The four Gospels and the Revelation by Richmond Lattimore( Book )

20 editions published between 1979 and 2015 in English and held by 1,089 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Poet and translator of Greek classics Richard Lattimore applies his skills to the four gospels and the Revelation

The works and days. Theogony. The shield of Herakles by Hesiod( Book )

14 editions published between 1959 and 1978 in English and held by 966 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In Theogony Hesiod charts the history of the divine world, narrating the origin of the universe and the rise of the gods, from first beginnings to the triumph of Zeus, and reporting on the progeny of Zeus and of goddesses in union with mortal me. In Works and Days Hesiod shifts his attention to the world of men, delivering moral precepts and practical advice regarding agriculture, navigation, and many other matters; along the way he gives us the myths of Pandora and the Golden, Silver, and other Races of Men

The frogs by Aristophanes( Book )

15 editions published between 1962 and 1970 in 3 languages and held by 913 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Among extant Greek comedies, the Frogs is unique for the light it throws on classical Greek attitudes to tragedy and to literature in general. Sir Kenneth Dover's authoritative edition, which drew together the relevant scholarship in a full introduction and extensive commentary, has been the most comprehensive edition available

The complete Greek tragedies by David Grene( Book )

18 editions published between 1941 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 800 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

V. 1. Aeschylus I: Agamemnon. The libation bearers. The Eumenides. Prometheus bound. --v. 3. Sophocles I: Oedipus the King. Oedipus at Colonus. Antigone. --v. 4. Sophocles II: Ajax. The women of Trachis. Electra. Philoctetes.--v. 5. Euripides I: Alcestis. The Medea. The Heracleidae. Hippolytus. The cyclops. Heracles. Iphigenia in Tauris.--v. 6. Euripides II: Helen. Hecuba. Andromache. The Trojan women. Ion. Rhesus. The suppliant women.--v. 7. Euripides III: Orestes. Iphigenia in Aulis. Electra. The Phonecian women. The Bacchae

Oresteia : Agamemnon, the Libation bearers, the Eumenides by Aeschylus( Book )

8 editions published between 1953 and 1964 in English and held by 750 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Euripides V by Euripides( Book )

34 editions published between 1947 and 2013 in English and held by 720 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Homer's Odyssey : a companion to the translation of Richmond Lattimore by P. V Jones( Book )

12 editions published between 1988 and 2004 in English and held by 673 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Four comedies : Lysistrata, The Acharnians, The congresswomen, translated by Douglass Parker ; The frogs, translated by Richmond Lattimore by Aristophanes( Book )

6 editions published between 1969 and 1971 in English and held by 636 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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