Greek Reporter1d
World Poetry Day: Ancient Greece’s Classics, From Homer to Sappho’s Poems
As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...
Odyssey’s last chapter dispenses with gods and thrills until the brutal end
The Return, Uberto Pasolini’s adaptation of The Odyssey’s closing episode, does away with all that. The Olympians make no ...
Greek Reporter6d
Was the Trojan Horse an Actual Wooden Horse?
Was the Trojan Horse really a huge statue of a horse, or was it something else entirely? Researchers have differing ideas and ...
The New Criterion3d
From Homer’s “Odyssey”
In Book IV of Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus’s young son, Telémakhos, visits the court of his father’s erstwhile comrade-in-arms at Troy, Menelaos, the king of S ...
Hollywood Soapbox1d
INTERVIEW: Welcome to a new ‘Iliad,’ this time set to ’80s synth
Photo: The Trojans finds a group of warehouse workers reliving their high school glory days. Photo courtesy of Loading Dock ...
The Express Tribune5d
What we know about Nolan's 'The Odyssey'
In February, The Odyssey unveiled Matt Damon's first look as the eponymous hero, Odysseus. Damon was clad in a soldier's gear ...
The Boston Globe1mon
A disjointed ‘Odyssey’ can’t find its way home
CAMBRIDGE — Back in 2013, Denis O’Hare wrenched Boston audiences into the dark heart of war with his riveting solo performance of “An Iliad ... Homer’s other epic poem, “The Odyssey.” ...
AOL14d
Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Casts a Dozen A-List Actors in Homer's Epic
Homer's epic poem has actually been adapted less than you'd think with more recent works, like Dracula or Great Expectations racking up more big screen versions. However, part of The Odyssey was ...