Homer, the Iliad 2 Volume Paperback Set

Walter Leaf, fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, produced an acclaimed edition of Homer's epic poem The Iliad. As a scholar Leaf was interested in the physical reality of antiquity, something which set him apart from scholars of the Cambridge Ritual School. One of the best English editions of Homer's poem.

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Walter Leaf (1852–1927) was a banker and classicist, whose various positions as chairman of the Westminster Bank, founder of the London Chamber of Commerce and president of the Hellenic Society reflected his wide-ranging professional and scholarly interests. Leaf was educated at Harrow School and won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1870. He became senior classic in 1874 and was elected to a fellowship the following year. As a scholar Leaf was concerned with uncovering the physical reality of the classical world, a stance which set him apart from Jane Harrison and the Cambridge Ritual School. Leaf's The Iliad, with introduction and notes, first appeared in two volumes (1886–1888) and was regarded for several decades as the best English edition of Homer's epic poem. This reissue is of the edition from 1900–1902.