The Iliad

Homer is celebrated as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.

Samuel Butler is a graduate (B.A.) in Economics from University of California, Berkeley, 1959. Former All-City Champion Pole Vaulter in San Francisco high schools Former Captain United States Air Force (reserve) Navigator Former President of the Toastmasters Club (Golden Gate Toastmasters) in San Francisco Former Chief Appraiser of a Large Financial Institution in California Former Vice President for Real Estate Acquisitions, United States Real Estate Corporation, Headquartered in the Bank of America Building in San Francisco Owner, Founder, Butler Realty Group, focusing on Commercial Real Estate, located in the Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco Successful Commercial Real Estate Broker (in Cushman and Wakefield, owned by Rockefeller) San Francisco Now retired, plays golf, chess, and bridge. Founder, former President of Atlantis Energy, S.A., a biofuel corporation.