[...] Kostas Doukas literally convinces the reader of the epics to approach the ancient text and realize that modern colloquial Greek uses and expresses over 80% of Homeric words in the same way to express itself. Kostas Doukas achieved the unexpected: "To revive the Homeric dialect".

He managed to illuminate the connecting link that unites the unified Greek language in its journey from Homer to the present day. [...]

(Polyxeni-Asklepias Kyriakakou, from the Publisher's Note)