Note from the Publisher

When I myself first read the Iliad and the Odyssey years ago, painstakingly and with several on-line dictionaries and encyclopedias to hand, I wasn't aware of the existence of Ian Johnston's translation. The books I read were, needless to say, a difficult first read, but the beauty and passion in the stories were nevertheless compelling.  I decided then and there that a newer, modern poetic translation had to be found and made available to the general public so that anyone who has ever thought of reading these books would have an opportunity to take in the spell-binding beauty of Homer's words. 

And so, a search began and these translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are the result of that search.

It is my hope that these translations provide everyone who has ever wanted to read these books with the opportunity to do so.