Richmond Lattimore Quotes

1906–1984 United States

Richmond Alexander Lattimore (May 6, 1906 – February 26, 1984) was an American poet and classicist known for his translations of the Greek classics, especially his versions of the Iliad and Odyssey.

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I do not think nobility is a quality to directly strive for; you must write as well as you can, and then see, or let others see, whether or not the result is noble.

Translator's Note to The Iliad of Homer (1951)

Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard.
We are all held in a single honor, the brave with the weaklings.
A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.

The Iliad of Homer (1951)

I wash the ghosts out of my head,
those moths, my moments; the girl-memories,
the tides, the teeth, the dreams are all undone.
Now I shall wash my hands and go to bed.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richmond Lattimore (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.