Is there any evidence that the Odyssey is based on real events, or is it just a fictional story invented by Homer?

Legend has it that the island of Ios, Greece was where Homer took his last breath and that now he lies in his tomb on a hill ...

I will stop trying to convince friends who plan to vote in November for a shameless authoritarian now that I’ve read McNulty’s excellent commentary on Homer’s “The Iliad,” along with ...

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 ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. In episode one of Among the Ancients, Emily and Tom begin with a beginning, Homer’s Iliad: its depictions of anger ...

Perhaps most famously, the Mycenaeans were the lead cast in Homer’s stories of the Trojan War, the “The Iliad” and “The ...

CAMBRIDGE — Back in 2013, Denis O’Hare wrenched Boston audiences into the dark heart of war with his riveting solo ...