Reference Guide

TEACHING THE CLASSICS

Character Guide to Homer’s Iliad

A classroom-oriented guide to the major characters in Homer’s Iliad, with explanations of their roles in the poem, relationships and traits to watch, and questions that help students understand Homer’s treatment of heroism, honor, leadership, war, and mortality.

Reference Guide by Ian Johnston

Deaths in the Iliad

A chronological guide to the named deaths and major woundings in Homer’s Iliad, identifying the combatants, manner of death or injury, and corresponding lines in Ian Johnston’s translation.

Introduction to Ancient Greece

A concise guide to the geography, history, political life, and cultural development of ancient Greece, from the Bronze Age civilizations of Crete and Mycenae through the rise of the city-states, Classical Athens and Sparta, and the age of Alexander the Great.

THE TROJAN WAR

The Legend of the Trojan War

Ian Johnston traces the legend of the Trojan War from its origins and the judgment of Paris through the war, the fall of Troy, and the journeys that followed, placing the stories of the Iliad and Odyssey within the larger tradition of Greek myth.