Homer - The Iliad torrent

This new translation by Ian Johnston provides an accurate text of the Iliad in a modern English poetic form. It has been designed, first and foremost, for people who are reading Homer's Iliad for the first time. The book is accompanied by a glossary, maps and other study aids intended to help ensure that one's inilial venture into the world of the Iliad is a fruitful one. Composed between 800 and 700 BC and telling the story of a war which took place over 3000 years ago, the Iliad is a true classic, its beauty rivaled only by its longevity.

Ian Johnston was born in Valparaiso, Chile, and raised in Canada and England, He attended McGill University in Montreal, the University of Bristol and the University of Toronto He worked for many years as a college and university-college instructor in British Columbia teaching English, Classics and Liberal Studies. He is the author of The Ironies of War: An Introduction to Homer's Iliad. He is now retired and living in Nanaimo, British Columbia.