Yahoo

If it’s all Greek to you, Emily Wilson’s new translation of ‘The Iliad’ may be worth a read

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 ...
MLive

Homer's 'The Iliad' subject of marathon reading at Western Michigan University

"Sing the Rage" is the name for a community reading of Homer's "The Iliad" on Friday and Saturday at Western Michigan University. KALAMAZOO, MI --Western Michigan University's Department of World ...
Iowa City Press-Citizen

After odyssey of UI's 2020 Homerathon, encore is a 24-hour digital reading of 'The Iliad'

When the University of Iowa's Department of Classics held a digital "Homerathon" last April, planning the reading was comparable to the Odyssey recounted in the final product. “I thought ‘The Odyssey’ ...
Los Angeles Times

Dreading four more months of the presidential campaign? Our critic turned to the classics

I started my summer reading with Emily Wilson’s recent translation of “The Iliad.” I enjoyed her version of “The Odyssey” a few years ago and needed the kind of escape from the news that I knew Homer ...
Capital Public Radio

The Sound Of Ancient Greek In 'The Iliad'

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. The classic Greek epic poem The Iliad attributed to Homer regales the listener with tales of the siege ...
IFLScience

Archaeologists Find Shipwrecks Using Clues From Homer's Iliad

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
WDBJ

HOMETOWN ENTERTAINMENT: ‘’The Iliad, The Odyssey, and ALL of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less”

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Imagine portraying all of Greek Mythology in about an hour and a half. “In order to tell all of Greek mythology, we had to do a lot of work. And in order to get it in 99 minutes ...