“Come, men of Troy and Trojan women; look upon Hektor if ever before you were joyful when you saw him come back living from battle; for he was a joy to his city and all his people.” 

It has been a long time since I read The Iliad. I think my last time was during my senior year of high school, and perhaps even when I was working on my undergraduate literature degree. I also don’t remember which translation I read all those years ago, but in a box of banged-up books from an estate clearance, I ...