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Achilles: The Hero Who Chose a Short, Bright Life
Achilles knew. That is the detail the popular image of him — the invincible warrior, the heel, the rage — tends to bury, and it is the detail…
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Homer: The Complete Works — Why Read All of Homer in One Volume
There is a moment in the twenty-second book of the Iliad, just after Achilles has run Hector down beneath the walls of Troy, when the narrative pauses to…
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After The Odyssey: Where to Go Next in the Greek Classics
Finished the Odyssey? Here’s a roadmap through the Greek classics and beyond — the Iliad, the Trojan saga, the tragedies, Hesiod, and Dante.
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Which Translation of Homer Should You Read?
There’s no single ‘best’ Homer — every translation is a trade-off. How to choose the right one for a first reading, especially before Nolan’s film.
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Why The Odyssey Still Matters, Three Thousand Years On
Three thousand years on, the Odyssey still asks the permanent questions: what it means to come home, what we owe those who wait, how a self holds together through time.
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Greek Tragedy: The Other Pillar of the Greek Imagination
If Homer is one pillar of the Greek imagination, tragedy is the other. Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and why they’re the natural next step after the Odyssey.
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The Trojan War: The Complete Story, From the Golden Apple to the Horse
The complete story of the Trojan War, from the golden apple at a wedding to the wooden horse that burned a city — reconstructed from Homer and the lost epics.
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Greek Mythology 101: The Gods and Myths Behind The Odyssey
The gods of the Odyssey didn’t spring from nowhere. Hesiod’s Theogony tells you where Zeus, Poseidon, and Athena came from — and makes the divine machinery of Homer make sense.
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The Iliad vs The Odyssey: What’s the Difference, and Which to Read First
The Iliad is a poem of war; the Odyssey a poem of homecoming. Here’s the real difference between Homer’s two epics, and which one to read first.
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Who’s Who in The Odyssey: Odysseus, Penelope, and the Cast of Homer’s Epic
A guide to the cast of Homer’s Odyssey — Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, the gods, the monsters, and the suitors — and why each one matters.