The epic clash between Achilles and Memnon, king of the Ethiopians, was a battle of titans that would determine the fate of ...

Ah, the myth that launched a thousand ships. The apple thrown into the middle of a greek banquet would ruin lives and lay ...

Book 18 of the Iliad is an outstanding example of the range and power of Homeric epic. It describes the reaction of the hero Achilles to the death of his closest friend, and his decision to re-enter ...

Gods and goddesses join the fray and continue to drive the tides of war. Paris tries to end the bloody battle in a single one ...

climaxing with the death of Hector at the hands of Achilles (as written about by Homer in The Iliad) and continuing with the creation of the Trojan horse by Odysseus, the means by which Troy is ...

climaxing with the death of Hector at the hands of Achilles (as written about by Homer in The Iliad) and continuing with the creation of the Trojan horse by Odysseus, the means by which Troy is ...

Emily Wilson’s invocation in her translation of Homer’s “Odyssey” ends: “Now goddess, child of Zeus, tell the old story for our modern times. Find the beginning.” Musician Joe Goodkin’s recent visit ...

In the Iliad, we read of the doomed war against the city of Troy and the blind fury of the hero Achilles and his rival King Agamemnon. In the Odyssey we read of the adventures of the hero Odysseus ...