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 ...

The Iliad, attributed to Homer, dates back to the 8th or 7th century BCE. Despite its age, its content remains relevant today; archaeologists utilized its references in their search for shipwrecks ...

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

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 ...

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey immediately called out for glaring historical inaccuracy - Christopher Nolan’s new epic has ...

Researchers used Homer’s Iliad as a guide to find a number of ancient artifacts during a four-year survey off the coast of ...

Homer mentions this in the second song, verse 676, of his epic work "The Iliad," composed in the 8th century BCE, making it ...

Schliemann believed he had found the body of the mythical king Agamemnon, who led the Achaean (Greek) siege of Troy in ...