Santa Fe based writer Lee Austin Thompson is a poet, Information Technology specialist, Flamenco and classical guitarist and world traveler. His lifelong love for classical Greek epics led him to create this verse translation of one of the monumental works of Western culture. He has a BA in English from UC Berkeley and an MA in Educational Technologies from San Francisco State University. He lives on a ridgetop in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife and three Burmese cats where he is currently working on a collection of his poetry.