HOMER SPEAKS -- LISTEN UP! More than 3,000 years after the fall of Troy, here at last is a rendition of the Homeric epic that everybody can understand and appreciate. The world can't hear Homer speak his own words, but Stanley Lombardo is the next best thing. Reading his own acclaimed (abridged) translations, Lombardo's insightful rendition takes advantage of the rhythms and other poetic resources of everyday American speech. The result provides cinematic and performance qualities to the time-honored poetry -- sharp scene cuts, dynamic language, urgency of the characters (human and divine). His virtuoso performance in these audiobooks reflects years of experience before a wide variety of audiences -- beautifully paced, shaped, intoned, and acted throughout. "The definitive English version of Homer for our time." -- Common Review Not only does one get an excellent translation of both Homer's Iliad and Odyssey ... but the selections included are infinitely better and longer than what one normally gets in anthologies of Greek literature."--Kostas Myrsiades, Westchester University The most daring, rapid and colloquial translation of Homer's Iliad that I know. Lombardo's taut and punchy verse conveys admirably and accurately the excitement and desperation of the battle, the urgency of the commanders, the occasional flashes of humor, the passion of Homer's narrative and the vivid and subtle humanity of his characters. --Richard Janko, University College, London "The excellence of Lombardo's performance can't be lauded too much. There's no other translator of the world's greatest poetry that is also a world-class reader." -- Douglass Parker, University of Texas at Austin "Just the right degreeof involvement or detachment as each circumstance in the reading calls for." -- William Levitan, Grand Valley State University "Remarkably true to the centrality of performance in Homer, the varied pacing and tone, the clarity, speed, narrative drive, and moments of breathtaking beauty." -- Rachel Hadas, Rutgers University "There are brilliant touches on every page. Altogether this is as good as Homer gets in English." -- Richard P. Martin, Stanford University

• ISBN: 1930972105
• ISBN-13: 9781930972100
• Author : Homer
• Translator : Stanley Lombardo
• Read by : Stanley Lombardo
• Category : Poetry - Ancient, Classical & Medieval
• Language : English
• Format: 3 CDs - Search for other formats
• Abridgement: Abridged
• Publication Date: 9/1/2006
• Publisher Imprint: Parmenides Publishing
• Price ($AUD): $32.95


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