English translations of Homer

Translators and scholars have translated the main works attributed to Homer, the Iliad and Odyssey, from the Homeric Greek into English, since the 16th and 17th centuries. Translations are ordered chronologically by date of first publication, with first lines 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, numerous partial translations, ranging from several lines to complete books, have appeared in a variety of publications.

The "original" text cited below is that of "the Oxford Homer."^[1]

^ Monro, David B. (ed.). Homeri Opera (in Ancient Greek and Latin). Vol. I&II Iliadis Libros ... Continens (Editio Tertia ed.). Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano.. A previous edition of the Oxford was put up on Perseus Digital Library as "Homer. Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920," with the title translated.

[1] Monro, David B. (ed.). Homeri Opera (in Ancient Greek and Latin). Vol. I&II Iliadis Libros ... Continens (Editio Tertia ed.). Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano.. A previous edition of the Oxford was put up on Perseus Digital Library as "Homer. Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920," with the title translated.

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