Diomedes was the Greek hero and brave warrior of the Trojan War who stands out as the only mortal with the courage to fight a ...

Or, perhaps, suggests Kotsonas, the man buried at Knossos was a renowned figure in his lifetime whose deeds would later find ...

War is hell. That’s an idea that’s been hammered home in classic novels like “All Quiet on the Western Front” and ...

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 ...

A three-night storytelling series in Ovid will bring one of the oldest epics in Western literature to life this spring, as a ...

Among the books I have returned to again and again throughout my life, seeking solace, wisdom, joy or self-understanding, Homer’s “Iliad” ranks very high. As with all enduring works of art, it yields ...