Homer’s Iliad is usually thought of as the first work of European literature, and many would say, the greatest. It tells part of the saga of the city of Troy and the war that took place there. In fact ...
For the second in our Stories that shaped the world series, Caroline Alexander explores how Homer’s Iliad helped redefine the way we worship – and what the epic poem of ancient Greece can still tell ...
National Geographic news: War is Unavoidable—and Other Hard Lessons from Homer’s Iliad
Speaking from her home in Maine, she explains how her African students in Malawi immediately “got” The Iliad; why Hollywood would demand a rewrite of the epic; and how Homer still has much to teach us ...
National Geographic news: Author Says a Whole Culture—Not a Single 'Homer'—Wrote 'Iliad,' 'Odyssey'
The Iliad and The Odyssey are two of the key works of Western civilization. But almost nothing is known about their author and the date and manner of their creation. In Why Homer Matters, historian ...
Homer's Iliad tells the saga of the city of Troy and the mythical Trojan war that took place between the Greeks and the Trojans ...
Greek Reporter: Hector and Andromache: The Most Moving Scene in Homer’s Iliad
Hector and Andromache share one of the most tragic stories in Homer’s Iliad. Credit: Francesco Hayez / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons. The words of the ancient Greek author H ...
Western literature begins with Homer’s Iliad, indisputably one of the greatest war poems. We read Homer in three ways: as a poet, a historian, and a contemporary. The bard is to the West what Vyasa ...