In legend, Achilles, Greek warrior and hero of the Trojan War, fought Trojan prince Hector to avenge the death of his friend Patroclus. Hector had killed Patroclus, and he planned to cut off Patroclus ...

The Achilles of Homer’s The Iliad always seemed a bit of a head case, even by the standards of teenagers who first encounter him in high school lit classes. He had those anger issues, the ones that ...

Like the hollow wooden horse hiding Greek warriors in the Trojan War, could an entire population of asteroids be masquerading as comets? Observations of the binary Trojan asteroid (617) Patroclus ...

We know war is filled with sorrow and loss. And yet, we turn to books, films, and relics of war to remind ourselves of the human potential for heroism. Homer’s Iliad, a myth, is among the most ...

Achilles frantic for the loss of Patroclus, rejecting the consolation of Thetis (1803) is a significant Neo-classical painting in Te Papa's collection. Its story is central to our comprehension and ...

One new book you can buy for either the Nook or the Kindle, or even an old school ink on paper is "The War That Killed Achilles." In it, author Caroline Alexander explores the real world events that ...

Source of Information: Principally the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems by blind Homer, the greatest poet of classical antiquity and the greatest war correspondent of all time. Date of Conflict: ...

A still from the music video for “O Icarus,” the second single from the “Aristos” album. The video, made in collaboration with filmmaker Lawrence Dillon, was released in February. Courtesy Lawrence ...

Madeline Miller’s “The Song of Achilles” has become much more than a best-selling mythic romance; it’s a rite of passage for some LGBTQIA+ readers. First published in 2011, this Greek war epic — told ...

This past week, I read “The Song of Achilles” by Madeline Miller, and I have a lot to say. The novel is a fictitious retelling of the classic Greek myth of Achilles and his companion and rumored lover ...