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If you think Homer's poetry is stodgy and boring, you’ve never heard Emily Wilson's version
I remember just being astonished by the representations of the gods. The omnipresence of the gods in the world of the Iliad, ...
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Trojan War: Unveiling the Truth About Warfare in Homer’s Iliad
In the Iliad, did Homer really describe the type of warfare common to the Mycenaean Era? Or was he describing the warfare of ...
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World Poetry Day: Ancient Greece’s Classics, From Homer to Sappho’s Poems
As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...
Odyssey’s last chapter dispenses with gods and thrills until the brutal end
A sinewy Ralph Fiennes delivers a marvellous performance as Odysseus with Juliette Binoche’s Penelope matching him all the way in The Return.
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From Homer’s “Odyssey”
In Book IV of Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus’s young son, Telémakhos, visits the court of his father’s erstwhile comrade-in-arms at Troy, Menelaos, the king of S ...