Lea SmitkovSmitkovitibarenSanaswadi, Maharashtra 412216, India
Along with Shakespeare and Dante, Homer is another guy who paints an unflinching portrait of human beings and the beastly urges that drive them. Sure, it's plodding in parts, but it's still magnificent. This is still the story I think about whenever Pantera pops up on the iPod. The Lattimore translation is awesome, and I also found "A Companion to The Iliad" by Malcolm Willcock immensly helpful during my reading.