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

A Reading from Homer by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1885). Philadelphia Museum of Art Homer's Iliad is so canonical in world literature that even without having read the epic, most people are familiar ...

The Iliad, a Greek epic reputedly written by Homer, was crafted in the 8th or 7th century BCE. Despite being ancient, this work's hints have been invaluable even in modern times.

I will stop trying to convince friends who plan to vote in November for a shameless authoritarian now that I’ve read McNulty’s excellent commentary on Homer’s “The Iliad,” along with ...

The University of Exeter put a trigger warning on two classic pieces of ancient Greek literature, Homer’s “The Iliad” and ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. In episode one of Among the Ancients, Emily and Tom begin with a beginning, Homer’s Iliad: its depictions of anger ...

The events of the Trojan War are written about in a number of works of Ancient Greek literature, including Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, which is at least 2,500 years old. The cause of war is ...