Book Series Guide

Author guide

Richmond Lattimore Books in Order

Richmond Lattimore (1906–1984) was an American poet, classicist, and professor of Greek at Bryn Mawr College. He translated major works of Homer, Hesiod, Pindar, Aristophanes, Aeschylus, Euripides, and the New Testament, and co-edited The Complete Greek Tragedies with David Grene. He also published original poetry and scholarly studies of Greek literature and epitaphs.

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Cover of The Iliad of Homer

The Iliad of Homer

Lattimore's landmark translation and an accessible entry point to his work.

Cover of The Odyssey of Homer

The Odyssey of Homer

A major standalone translation and a natural companion to The Iliad.

Poems from Three Decades

A representative volume of Lattimore's original poetry.

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edited translation series · complete

The Complete Greek Tragedies

A nine-volume translation series of the surviving tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore.

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  1. 1
    Aeschylus I: The Oresteia

    Book 1 · edited translation anthology · 1953

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  2. 3
    Sophocles I: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone

    Book 3 · edited translation anthology · 1954

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    Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Heracleidae, Hippolytus

    Book 5 · edited translation anthology · 1955

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    Aeschylus II: Four Tragedies

    Book 2 · edited translation anthology · 1956

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  5. 6
    Euripides II: The Cyclops, Heracles, Iphigenia in Tauris, Helen

    Book 6 · edited translation anthology · 1956

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    Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes

    Book 4 · edited translation anthology · 1957

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  7. 7
    Euripides III: Hecuba, Andromache, The Trojan Women, Ion

    Book 7 · edited translation anthology · 1958

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    Euripides IV: Rhesus, The Suppliant Women, Orestes, Iphigenia in Aulis

    Book 8 · edited translation anthology · 1958

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  9. 9
    Euripides V: Electra, The Phoenician Women, The Bacchae

    Book 9 · edited translation anthology · 1959

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (3)
  1. Themes in Greek and Latin Epitaphs

    nonfiction · 1942

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  2. The Poetry of Greek Tragedy

    nonfiction · 1958

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  3. Story Patterns in Greek Tragedy

    nonfiction · 1964

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Poetry (6)
  1. Hanover Poems

    poetry collection · 1927

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  2. Poems

    poetry collection · 1957

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  3. Sestina for a Far-Off Summer: Poems 1957–1962

    poetry collection · 1962

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  4. The Stride of Time: New Poems and Translations

    poetry collection · 1966

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  5. Poems from Three Decades

    poetry collection · 1972

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  6. Continuing Conclusions: New Poems and Translations

    poetry collection · 1983

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Edited works (2)
  1. Cover of Greek Lyrics
    Greek Lyrics

    translation anthology · 1949

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  2. Cover of Four Plays by Aristophanes
    Four Plays by Aristophanes

    translation anthology · 1969

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Other (8)
  1. The Odes of Pindar

    translation · 1947

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  2. Cover of The Iliad of Homer
    The Iliad of Homer

    translation · 1951

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  3. The Works and Days; Theogony; The Shield of Herakles

    translation · 1959

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  4. The Frogs

    translation · 1962

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  5. Cover of The Odyssey of Homer
    The Odyssey of Homer

    translation · 1965

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  6. The Four Gospels and the Revelation

    translation · 1979

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  7. Acts and Letters of the Apostles

    translation · 1982

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  8. Cover of The New Testament
    The New Testament

    translation · 1996

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