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 ...

Even today, it is probable that every middle school child in the land runs into the Iliad or the Odyssey of Homer. Homer’s poetry, along with the Old Testament, is unquestionably the foundation ...

With major wars raging in Europe and the Middle East and with the U.S. Veterans Day upon us, perhaps it is time to re-engage with the magnum opus of war poetry, Homer's "The Iliad." A new ...