Book XXII recounts the climax of the Iliad: the fatal encounter between the main defender ... She says that she will focus on 'Homer’s language …and his narrative style … In my own experience, she ...
(Even Homer’s “The Iliad” – an “Odyssey” prequel, if you will – got the Brad Pitt treatment with 2004’s “Troy.”) "The Odyssey" is "the template for movies,” says Jeff Bock ...
Book 18 of the Iliad is an outstanding example of the range and power of Homeric epic. It describes the reaction of the hero Achilles to the death of his closest friend, and his decision to re-enter ...
He discussed his artistic process and how he engaged with Homer’s work and modern-day war veterans to create “The Blues of Achilles,” a 17-song blues rendition/folk opera of the Iliad that was ...