This is one of the most remarkable translations of an ancient Greek text ever made. Scrupulously faithful to every line of Homer's text , it's language nonetheless sings and moves,evoking the mythic imagination of ancient Greece in a manner rarely captured before. By avoiding the conventions of academic style which afflict so many classical translators, Charles Boer's verse delivers for us the worldo of Homer's Gods and Goddesses as a fresh and stunning experience.


