Ahead of the publication of a new edition of Homer’s epics—which he has illustrated—the artist also explains why he switches ...

I brought some of my team members from the Amsterdam Troy Project to sit and react to the 2004 epic Troy with me! Even though we can't get to Troy this year to carry out our excavations, we can still ...

Madeline Miller spent over a decade writing The Song of Achilles – a fantasy romance retelling of Homer’s epic poem The Iliad ...

If there's one single incident in Homer's Iliad that best underscores the epic poem's themes of friendship, honor and vengeance, it's the death of Patroclus, Achilles' closest companion who was killed ...

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, who assembled a suitably heroic cast featuring the likes of Brad Pitt, Peter O’Toole, Brian ...

Greek mythology is full of artifacts endowed with supernatural powers, in addition to a myriad of unforgettable gods, ...

According to Greek tradition, Odysseus had a son named Latinus who ruled over the Etruscans. Was he the King Latinus of ...

Archaeology is revealing that the real Amazons were horse-riding, spear-throwing, pants-wearing fearsome female fighters from ancient Scythia.

Historians and scholars date “The Odyssey” to sometime between 750-650 BC. The first printed Greek version became available in 1488. In the centuries since, it has remained one of the most ...

The Colin McEnroe Show is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the ...