birth_date: 1906-05-06 00:00:00
avg_rating: 3.9
name: Richmond Lattimore
about: Richmond Lattimore graduated from Dartmouth in 1926 and received an A.B. from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar at Christ Church in 1932. He took his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1934.He was an American poet and classicist known for his translations of the Greek classics, especially his versions of the Iliad and Odyssey, which are generally considered as among the best English translations available
death_date: 1984-02-26 00:00:00