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 ...

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 ...

Keynote Speaker of Homer Day at University of Waterloo Explores Why Ancient Epic Still Matters

The classically curious are not lazy. They are not unintelligent. They are under-briefed.”— Jeff WrightWATERLOO, ON, ...
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 ...

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 ...
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 ...
National Catholic Reporter

This Veterans Day, war poetry reminds us of the cost of conflict

With major wars raging in Europe and the Middle East and with the U.S. Veterans Day upon us, perhaps it is time to re-engage with the magnum opus of war poetry, Homer's "The Iliad." A new translation ...
Entertainment Focus

Review: Homer’s ‘The Iliad’, The Folio Society edition in a new translation by Emily Wilson

They say you end up in either ‘The Iliad' or ‘The Odyssey' camp, favouring one of Homer's epic Ancient Greek poems over the ...
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 ...