Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: human excellence in Homer
  • The Iliad
  • Homer's honor-loving heroes: Ajax and Agamemnon
  • Homer's love-torn heroes: Achilles and Hektor
  • Homer's pausing hero: Odysseus at Troy
  • The Odyssey
  • A hero's story
  • Remembering home
  • At the heart of homecoming
  • The meaning of homecoming
  • Conclusion: Homer's hero.