Homer was a Greek poet, recognized as the author of the great
epics, the Iliad, the story of the siege of Troy, and the Odyssey,
the tale of Ulysses's wanderings.
Allen Mandelbaum was born in 1926 and died in 2011. His
translations of Homer, Dante, Virgil, Quasimodo, and Ungaretti were
all published to great acclaim. His rendering of The Aeneid won the
National Book Award. He was the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of
Humanities at Wake Forest University, North Carolina.
"A splendid achievement outstripping
all competitors."--Anthony A. Long, author
of Hellenistic Philosophy
"With real poetic power...his book is one no lover of
living poetry should miss."--The New York Times Book
Review
"A splendid achievement outstripping all competitors."--Anthony A.
Long, author of Hellenistic Philosophy
"With real poetic power...his book is one no lover of living poetry
should miss."--The New York Times Book Review
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