Aiming at both the undergraduate and advanced general reader, Mueller has added a reworked introduction and a chapter on repetition 1 in the light of his participation in the Chicago Homer project (both less convincing than the rest), and some sections have been moved around, but otherwise the book remains largely true to its first edition.
Despite the plethora of recent (and imminent) general introductions and companions to Homer, this book should enjoy something of the popularity obtained by its predecessor, not least because it is written in a lucid and jargon-free style that should serve as a model for anyone producing a work of this sort. For those of us introduced to the Iliad by the first edition of this book, the second is welcome, and not least for making its material readily available once more.
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