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Inferno
Stanley Lombardo narrates the audiobook edition of his translation of Dante's Inferno. Comments on the
"This verse translation by Stanley Lombardo artfully carries into English the radical vernacularity, both linguistic and cultural, of Dante’s Inferno. . . . Lombardo’s translation revels in the street music of Dante’s vernacular poetry and occasional vulgar style in the Inferno. At times the interaction between Dante’s stock devils, the Malebranche, sounds like the dialogue in a Scorsese film." -Jason M. Houston, in Speculum
"This verse translation by Stanley Lombardo artfully carries into English the radical vernacularity, both linguistic and cultural, of Dante’s Inferno. . . . Lombardo’s translation revels in the street music of Dante’s vernacular poetry and occasional vulgar style in the Inferno. At times the interaction between Dante’s stock devils, the Malebranche, sounds like the dialogue in a Scorsese film." -Jason M. Houston, in Speculum
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Published October 23, 2026
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Stanley Lombardo
64 books49 followersStanley F. "Stan" Lombardo (alias Hae Kwang) is an American Classicist, and former professor of Classics at the University of Kansas.
He is best known for his translations of the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid (published by the Hackett Publishing Company). The style of his translations is a more vernacular one, emphasizing conversational English rather than the formal tone of some older American English translations of classical verse. Lombardo designs his translations to be performed orally, as they were in ancient Greece. He also performs the poems, and has recorded them as audio books. In performance he also likes to play the drums, much like Ezra Pound.
He is best known for his translations of the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid (published by the Hackett Publishing Company). The style of his translations is a more vernacular one, emphasizing conversational English rather than the formal tone of some older American English translations of classical verse. Lombardo designs his translations to be performed orally, as they were in ancient Greece. He also performs the poems, and has recorded them as audio books. In performance he also likes to play the drums, much like Ezra Pound.
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