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Helen of Troy: The Face That Launched a Thousand Arguments
“The face that launched a thousand ships” — Marlowe’s line has worn so smooth that we forget how peculiar it is. A face. Not a woman with a will, a…
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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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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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Reading Homer: The Iliad and the First Epic of War
What is the Iliad about and should I read it?
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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.