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The Greeks attributed both the Iliad and the Odyssey to a single poet whom they named Homer. Nothing is known of his life, though the main ancient tradition made him a native of the island of Chios in east Aegean. His date too is uncertain: most modern scholars place the composition of the Iliad in the second half of the eighth century BC. Martin Hammond has taught in England and in Greece. He has also translated the Odyssey. He is now Headmaster of Tonbridge School
Here is a fine Iliad for our times, to be read with great pleasure -- Philip Howard * The Times * Surely the best Iliad in quite a few decades * Greece & Rome Journal * Martin Hammond's new version is the best and most accurate there has ever been, as smooth as cream but as clear as water . . . Hammond's Iliad deserves to become a standard book -- Peter Levi * Independent * Superbly direct and eloquent . . . by its sensitivity, fluency, and flexibility, it will win a permanent place on the shelves of Homer-lovers -- Martin Fagg * Times Educational Supplement * This new prose translation of the Iliad is outstandingly good . . . to read it is to be gripped by it * Classical Review * Much the best modern prose translation of the Iliad -- Robin Lane Fox * Financial Times *
