Homer in English translation

This is a list of English translations of Homer—that is, of the Iliad and Odyssey—chronologically ordered by date of first publication, with first lines often provided to illustrate the style of the translation. (Not all translators translated both the Iliad and Odyssey. In addition to the complete translations listed here are numerous partial translations, ranging from several lines to complete chapters of Homer, which have appeared in a variety of publications.)

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! Eickhoff, R. L. ! Johnston, Ian Muse, speak to me now of that resourceful man who wandered far and wide after ravaging the sacred citadel of Troy. He came to see many people’s cities, where he learned their customs, while on the sea his spirit suffered many torments, as he fought to save his life and lead his comrades home. But though he wanted to, he could not rescue them— they all died from their own stupidity, the fools. They feasted on the cattle of Hyperion, god of the sun—that’s why he snatched away their chance of getting home someday. So now, daughter of Zeus, tell us his story, starting anywhere you wish. ! Merrill, Rodney Tell me, Muse, of the man versatile and resourceful, who wandered many a sea-mile after he ransacked Troy’s holy city. Many the men whose towns he observed, whose minds he discovered, many the pains in his heart he suffered, traversing the seaway, fighting for his own life and a way back home for his comrades. Not even so did he save his companions, as much as he wished to, for by their own mad recklessness they were brought to destruction, childish fools–they decided to eat up the cows of the High Lord, Helios: he then took from the men their day of returning. Even for us, holy daughter of Zeus, start there to recount this. ! McCrorie, Edward The man, my Muse, resourceful, driven a long way after he sacked the holy city of Trojans: tell me all the men’s cities he saw and the men’s minds, how often he suffered heartfelt pain on the broad sea, striving for life and a way back home for his war friends. Yet he saved no friends, much as he longed to: they lost their lives through their own reckless abandon, fools who ate the cattle of Helios the Sun-God. Huperion seized the day they might have arrived home. Tell us, Goddess, daughter of Zeus, start in your own place. ! Armitage, Simon ! Jordan, Herbert ruinous, that caused the Greeks untold ordeals, consigned to Hades countless valiant souls, heroes, and left their bodies prey for dogs or feasts for vulures. Zeuz's will was done from when those two first quarreled and split apart, the king, Agememnon, and matchless Achilles. ! Stein, Charles of that man of many devices who wandered much once he'd sacked the sacred citadel of Troy. He saw the cities of many men and knew their minds, suffering many sorrows in order to win back his life-soul and the return of his companions. In the end he failed to save them, in spite of his longing to do so, for through their own heedlessness they perished. Fools--who ate the cows of Helios-Hyperion, and the day of their return was taken from them. Of these matters, goddess, daughter of Zeus, speak through us beginning wherever you will.
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 * || 2001 || New York, T. Doherty
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 * American classicist || || 2007 || University of Michigan Press || ||
 * || 2002 || University of Michigan Press
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 * || 2004 || Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Univ Press
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 * || 2006 || London, Faber and Faber Limited
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 * born 1938 American lawyer, translator ||   || 2008 || University of Oklahoma Press
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 * || 2008 || Berkeley, North Atlantic Books
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! Mitchell, Stephen
 * born 1943 American poet, translator ||   || 2011 || Simon & Schuster
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! Oswald, Alice }
 * born 1966 British poet, won T. S. Eliot Prize in 2002 ||  || 2012 || W. W. Norton & Company
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