War, its costs and consequences: Homer’s ‘Iliad’ continues to speak to us

As a classicist, I tend to be sceptical about modern adaptations of Homer’s epic poem, but Sydney Theatre Company’s recent ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Unearth a Papyrus Fragment From the ‘Iliad’ Tucked Inside the Wrappings of a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

The excerpt from Homer's epic poem features his catalog of ships, a famous passage listing the Greek forces that sailed to ...

Passage from Homer’s Iliad discovered in the abdomen of a Roman-era Egyptian mummy

Researchers discovered the mummy at a funerary complex located south of Cairo, in Al Bahnasa, the modern-day location of the ...

Homer’s “Iliad” Found Stuffed Into Egyptian Mummy’s Wrappings

Archaeologists had previously uncovered Greek papyri in mummies, but this discovery marks the first time a literary text has ...
Greek Reporter

Homer’s Iliad: The Story of the Trojan War

Homer's Iliad tells the saga of the city of Troy and the mythical Trojan war that took place between the Greeks and the ...
Greek Reporter

Homer’s Greek Was Never a Spoken Language, Yet It Lives on in Modern Greek

Homer's language, used in his epic poems, which laid the foundations of Western literature, was never spoken but echoes in ...
ZME Science on MSN

Archaeologists found a copy of the Iliad stuffed inside an ancient Egyptian mummy

Three thousand years ago, a blind poet sang of heroes fighting in the epic Trojan War. Many centuries later, Roman-era ...

Archaeologists stunned to find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy

Archaeologists have found a papyrus copy of Homer’s Iliad in the gut of an ancient Egyptian mummy, the first time ever that a ...
Tampa Bay Times

Review: 'An Iliad' brings modern flair to Homer's epic poem

Imagine your favorite, most passionate English teacher from high school. The one who loved the books he was teaching so much that he would jump on his desk with excitement and bellow his favorite ...
Daily Mail on MSN

Scientists discover a fragment of Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy

It's the epic poem that's regarded as the cornerstone of Western literature - and it turns out Homer's Iliad was a must-read ...
Forbes

Montblanc's New Epic Writers Edition Pens Are All About Homer

The Iliad and the Odyssey, the ancient Greek poems attributed to Homer, are two of the most influential works of literature and have formed the basis of other important literary, artistic and musical ...