Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.

His “Iliad” is, accordingly, first and foremost an adventure tale, with some of the original’s repetition left out and some explanatory material added. All of this makes for a story that reads easily ...

A playful reimagining of Homer's epic as a smoke-scented saga of sacrificial feasts, divine appetites and battlefield ...

In a critically acclaimed new translation of The Iliad, CU Boulder classics Professor Laurialan Reitzammer sees the enduring relevance of Homer So, it’s no little feat that The Iliad and The ...

Erasmus quoted the Iliad in a time of widening war: Men get their fill of sleep and love, of beautiful singing and carefree dance, but they never get enough of war. Men get their fill of sleep and ...

Though Homer’s “The Iliad” has become nearly synonymous with elite scholars, bards performed it in public and private, cementing its presence in ancient Greek culture. Passing through oral tradition ...

Modern-day readers may believe that they’ll need body armor to meet the barrage of challenges awaiting them in “The Iliad.” Exploring Homer’s 3,000-year-old, nearly 16,000-line epic poem, which ...

"Rage – Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles." With this call to the epic muse The Iliad, and Western literature, begins. Composed around the mid-8th century BC by a reputedly blind bard ...

"The Iliad" is one of the foundational works of Western literature and thought. It’s an old story that continues to resonate in our time and has been given new life in a translation by distinguished ...

PW: Your debut novel, Song of Kali, was dark fantasy. Since then you've written in many different genres. There aren't that many writers who do this kind of genre jumping with such success. What's ...