Anybody who writes, directs, or consumes any form of entertainment owes a debt of gratitude to Homer. Had the ancient poet not written two of the best—and earliest—epic dramas in Western history, the ...
One new book you can buy for either the Nook or the Kindle, or even an old school ink on paper is "The War That Killed Achilles." In it, author Caroline Alexander explores the real world events that ...
An archaeological treasure was discovered during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, which tells a story of the Trojan War very ...
For the second in our Stories that shaped the world series, Caroline Alexander explores how Homer’s Iliad helped redefine the way we worship – and what the epic poem of ancient Greece can still tell ...
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 ...
Modern-day readers may believe that they’ll need body armor to meet the barrage of challenges awaiting them in “The Iliad.” Exploring Homer’s 3,000-year-old, nearly 16,000-line epic poem, which ...
I started my summer reading with Emily Wilson’s recent translation of “The Iliad.” I enjoyed her version of “The Odyssey” a few years ago and needed the kind of escape from the news that I knew Homer ...
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’ ...
PRODUCTION TO RUN June 19, 20, 22 at 7:30pm, June 23 at 2:00pm, at the Johnny Carson Theater at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. OmniArts Nebraska proudly presents the final main stage production ...