She says that she will focus on 'Homer’s language …and his narrative style … In my own experience, she accomplishes a great deal more, bringing out meanings and connections that cast book 22 in an ...

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 ...

Homer's most important contribution to Greek culture was to provide a common set of values that enshrined the Greeks' own ideas about themselves. His poems provided a fixed model of heroism ...

A clay tablet discovered during an archaeological dig may be the oldest written record of Homer's epic tale, the Odyssey, ever found in Greece, the country's culture ministry has said. Found near ...

Exploring the threads of agape in the Iliad, Odyssey, and the Bible—how ancient gods, a heroic wanderer, and the divine ...

Goodkin, who holds a B.A. in Classics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, gave an informal presentation to “Tales of Troy” students and other Classics majors called “How to Be a Modern Bard.” ...

and intensely compelling take on Homer’s nearly 3,000-year-old, 15,693-line epic poem titled “The Iliad.” The poem depicts significant events that took place during the Trojan War ...