Translator's Note: Ivan Česmički - Janus Pannonius (1434 - 1472) was a mayor Croatian humanitarian poet. Born in northern Croatia, educated in Italy, he became Bishop of Pécs, Hungary in 1459. As member of the court of Hungarian King Matias Corvinus, he witnessed battles with the Turks. He took part in a conspiracy against the king, fled Hungary and died in Medvedgrad near Zagreb. He is buried in Pécs cathedral. Best known for his Latin poems (Elegiae, Poemete, Epigrammata) and for his translations of Homer's Iliad.