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Professor Lattimore, holding closely to the original metres, has produced renderings of great power and beauty. His feeling for the telling noun and verb, the simple yet poignant epithet, and the dramatic turn of syntax is marked. He has completely freed the poems from sentimentality, and the thrilling ancient namesAnacreon, Alcaeus, Simonides, Sapphoacquire fresh brilliance and vitality under his hand.Louise Bogan, The New YorkerThe significant quality of Mr. Lattimore's versions is that they are pure. The lenses he provides are as clear as our language is capable of making them.Moses Hadas, N.Y. Herald Tribune

Greek Lyrics

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    A Paperback / softback by Richmond Lattimore

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 15 September 1960
      ISBN-13 9780226469447
      978-0226469447
      ISBN-10 0226469441
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Professor Lattimore, holding closely to the original metres, has produced renderings of great power and beauty. His feeling for the telling noun and verb, the simple yet poignant epithet, and the dramatic turn of syntax is marked. He has completely freed the poems from sentimentality, and the thrilling ancient namesAnacreon, Alcaeus, Simonides, Sapphoacquire fresh brilliance and vitality under his hand.Louise Bogan, The New YorkerThe significant quality of Mr. Lattimore's versions is that they are pure. The lenses he provides are as clear as our language is capable of making them.Moses Hadas, N.Y. Herald Tribune

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