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The Only Illustrated Manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from Antiquity
Homer’s Iliad, one of the most celebrated and studied epic poems in history, has long resisted successful adaptation. While it has inspired countless modern novelists across diverse traditions, its ...
Greek Reporter2d
The Troubled German Poet Who Truly Worshipped Greece
Friedrich Hölderlin was an important German Romantic lyric poet whose great work managed to bridge the Classical and Romantic ...
Greek Reporter3d
The Greek Connection to the US National Anthem
The words to the US National Anthem were written by Francis Scott Key, as he watched the British Royal Navy bombarding Fort McHenry ...
The New Yorker6d
Why Catullus Continues to Seduce Us
Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record ...