In the Iliad, did Homer really describe the type of warfare common to the Mycenaean Era? Or was he describing the warfare of ...

He is the author of four books, including Homer’s Iliad and the Problem of Force, a study of eight Greek words for strength in the ancient epic about the Trojan War, and he is on the faculty of ...

The Mediterranean has a long and storied past, and this newly-discovered port has led to a surprising breakthrough in Ancient Greece.

Prologue An Orphic hymn says that Kypris, Aphrodite of Cyprus, was the “scheming mother of necessity.” She controlled and ...

A ragtag collection of Bronze Age skirmishes is transformed into the Trojan War ... politicized retelling of an ancient Greek mythical imagining of a Bronze Age war. And yet it’s this chain ...

The Greek sea god Poseidon is said to have sat on Mount Fengari here — at 1,664m, the second highest in the Aegean — to watch the Trojan War, while in ancient times, numerous pilgrims would ...

Homer’s ancient Greek poem is a foundational text of Western literature and tells the story of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his perilous return journey after the Trojan War. The poem includes ...

Turkey is a very different place from one thing to another. Proud ancient ruins are standing next to modern cities, turquoise ...

Ancient Greek artwork also depicts the horse. According to these accounts, the Greeks constructed the Trojan Horse after deciding that it was the only way to end their long and arduous war against the ...

As one of the foundational poetic texts of Western literature, the story follows Odysseus, King of Ithaca on his dangerous journey home after the Trojan war. The ancient Greek epic illustrates a ...