The Homer Page
Homer's Works
The Iliad Prose translation by Samuel Butler.
The Odyssey Prose translation by Samuel Butler.
Chapman's Odyssey. ( From Columbia University ) The translation, or half of it, that inspired Keats' sonnet , "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer ".
Chapman's Homer was reprinted in two volumes in the Bollingen Series, Princeton, 1956. Includes the 'Lesser Homerica'. Chapman is not likely to impress the first-time modern reader as he impressed Keats, however, and the modern reader is likely to find modern renditions more attractive.
For the Iliad there are Lattimore's, and Fagles' translations, the latter of which is a Penguin Classic (1991). For the Odyssey there are translations by Lattimore, Cook, Fitzgerald, Mandelbaum, and Fagles, the last of which is in a softcover edition. The most recent Odyssey, it has enjoyed handsome acclaim.
About Homer
Jasper Griffin, Homer: The Odyssey.Cambridge, 1987. Landmarks of World Literature series.
Ralph Hexter, A Guide to the Odyssey: A Commentary on the English Translation of Robert Fitzgerald. Vintage, 1993. Book-by-book notes on text. A good orientation.
Michael Silk, Homer: The Iliad. Cambridge, Landmarks of World Literature series.
William G. Thalmann, The Odyssey: An Epic of Return. Twayne, 1992. Also based on the Fitzgerald translation.
Stephen V. Tracy, The Story of the Odyssey. Princeton, 1990. Translations from Homer are either the author's own or those of Lattimore.
Paolo Vivante,The Iliad: Action as Poetry. Twayne, 1995.
Malcolm M. Willcock, A Companion to the Iliad. Chicago, 1976. Based on Lattimore's translation.
Pantheon of the Gods Excellent site for background on Greek gods and legends.
The Homer Home Page Numerous links.
Homer Web Page Good place to start.
Images of the Trojan War
Homer Study Guides
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