In the Iliad, did Homer really describe the type of warfare common to the Mycenaean Era? Or was he describing the warfare of ...

Most people figure that when Homer finished writing The Iliad, publishing houses were breaking down his door to get first crack at it. Nothing could be further from the truth. When Homer put the ...

Among the books I have returned to again and again throughout my life, seeking solace, wisdom, joy or self-understanding, Homer’s “Iliad” ranks very high. As with all enduring works of art, it yields ...

The ancient city of Troy is identified as the archaeological site at Hisarlik. But how do we really know that it was there?

When the University of Iowa's Department of Classics held a digital "Homerathon" last April, planning the reading was comparable to the Odyssey recounted in the final product. “I thought ‘The Odyssey’ ...

Joshua Forstenzer's work receives funding from the Yale Center for Faith and Culture as part of its Templeton-funded Life Worth Living project (https://lifeworthliving.yale.edu/). Homer’s Iliad is one ...

"Great Achilles. Brilliant Achilles, shining Achilles, godlike Achilles ... How the epithets pile up," begins The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker's tart retelling of the Iliad from the perspective of ...

Denis O'Hare's adaptation of Homer's epic poem bows at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. By Myron Meisel If war and conflict must be begrudgingly considered the natural condition of Mankind, then The ...

Not an anti-war tale Audiences mesmerized by 90-minute, one-man show Q&A with "True Blood's" Denis O'Hare Audiences may recognize Denis O'Hare as the vampire king of Mississippi in HBO's "True Blood," ...