NOTE: This recording contains substantial and complete passages from Iliad & Odyssey, but not the unabridged text of Stanley Lombardo's translation. Unabridged versions of Stanley Lombardo's Iliad and Odyssey are available separately from Audiobooks Online.

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Written by Homer - Translated & performed by Stanley Lombardo - Abridged Poetry - 14 COMPACT DISCS

Publisher, Parmenides Publishing (October 2006)

Listen to an MP3 audio clip of Odyssey.

Listen to an MP3 audio clip of Iliad.

"When Stanley Lombardo performs Homer, we feel what Bob Dylan calls the ‘inner substance’ of great folk songs, their ‘pulse and vibration and rumbling force’. We grasp the power words had before books, movies and iPods.™ Homer taught the ancient Greeks about life, death, love and war. Now in Lombardo’s words and voice, Homer teaches us, too." —Tom Palaima, Professor of Classics, University of Texas at Austin

"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 quality of Lombardo's voice, which has an honest, un-showy American core, makes these performances sound fresh, intimate, and believable--very different from those theatricized oral interpretations that overplay the "epic" note." --Richard P. Martin, Stanford University

"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, UT at Austin

"A good idea--its utility far outweighs qualms purists have about students not reading every last item in the catalogue of ships. The translation is vigorous and readable." --Andrew Ford, Princeton University

"A fine poetic translation that today's students can understand. The selections are very well chosen for a course in which time limitations prevent reading the whole of either epic." --Lillian Doherty, University of Maryland

The classics are rapidly receding from public consciousness, and modern revisions of them, such as the film O Brother, Where Art Thou, are in genuine danger of never being linked to their original inspiration. Noted classicist Stanley Lombardo breathes new life into some of the most famous and beloved ancient works with this engaging and vibrant audio performance of carefully selected excerpts of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. This state-of-the-art compact disc recording provides high-quality access to some of the greatest works in world literature.

About the Translator: Lombardo, a native of New Orleans, earned a B.A. from Loyola University, an M.A. from Tulane University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas (1976). In 1976 he joined the faculty at the University of Kansas, where he served as department chair for fifteen years and now teaches Greek and Latin at all levels, as well as general courses on Greek literature and culture.