With Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” set to bring Homer’s ancient epic back to the big screen this month, readers can ...

The Iliad does not unfold as a smooth, continuous narrative. Instead, it advances through a succession of micro-episodes.

Archaeologists from the University of Barcelona have identified a papyrus fragment from Homer’s Iliad placed directly on the ...

Following her acclaimed translation of the Odyssey, Wilson has turned to Homer’s other, darker poem. She explains how she got stuck for six months – and why it speaks to today’s era of conflict ...

As the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war holds the country in thrall, Charlotte Higgins reflects on the enduring power of a 3,000-year-old poem The Iliad is the first great book, and the first great ...

Archaeologists from the University of Barcelona pulled a papyrus fragment containing lines from Homer’s Iliad out of a ...

A new translation of Homer's Iliad has just been published by Emily Wilson, who was the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English. The classicist and author Natalie Haynes talks to her about ...

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Many 21st century readers have noticed some delightful gender-bending scenes in "The Odyssey." The goddess Athena cross-dresses and calls every shot regarding the fate of the hero, Odysseus, while ...