Greek mythology fans and history buffs can go back to where it all started with Emily Wilson’s brand-new translation of Homer’s ’The Iliad,’ the original story of Achilles and the Trojan War.

Sound familiar? However, by the end of the “Iliad,” Achilles appears to have finally become self-aware, to learn something important about himself and to change, perhaps even to soften ...

Privilege entails terrible vulnerability.” The “Iliad" offers many archetypes of masculinity, not just the performative machismo that Achilles and Agamemnon display. We see the persuasive ...

Achilles and Hector, Helen of Troy and King Priam, the world of "The Iliad," one of the foundational works of Western literature and thought. It's an old story set amid a long-ago forever war that ...

A new translation of Homer's Iliad has just been published by Emily Wilson, who was the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English. The classicist and author Natalie Haynes talks to her ...

The Iliad is a story of war between Greeks and Trojans, but also of “beefs”. Menelaus versus Paris over the hand of Helen. Achilles versus Agamemnon, the king of the Greeks who wrongs him by ...

Since the “Iliad” deals with raw violence and a violent fighter, Achilles, whose rage at his own commander centers its loosely organized plot, the less savage and more linear tale of Odysseus ...

The Iliad - End Game - Greek - Extra Mythology - Part 4 Posted: November 22, 2024 | Last updated: November 22, 2024 So here we stand at the end, the Trojans have pushed back the Acheans. Achilles ...

A new translation of "The Iliad" has appeared ... Mere humans are not, even those with one divine parent, like Achilles. There is no original sin, but hubris — over-weening pride — which ...

“Ulysse” will also involve mythological characters from “The Iliad and the Odyssey,” such as Achilles, Helen, Hector and Penelope. Homer is known as one of the greatest of the ancient ...