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According to the historical and linguistic evidence, was Homer really more ancient than Hesiod, or did Hesiod actually come before Homer?
Homer's language, used in his epic poems, which laid the foundations of Western literature, was never spoken but echoes in ...
I read Homer in High School. And slowly, in my college classes in ancient, medieval, and modern Greek history, I realized Homer’s epic poems were at the very core of Hellenic civilization.
Nearly 200 years ago, a French painter created what would become a famous depiction of the Greek author Homer. In it, Homer looks like a pretty big deal. In the shadows of the Pantheon, he’s ...
From ancient Greece to Normandy, the landing of a great army on a hostile shore is an archetypal moment in Western civilization, told and retold in every medium we have. The latest incarnation ...
In a new remount of Charles Newell's critically acclaimed 2011 production, Timothy Edward Kane brings blistering rage to this one-man tour de force.
One thing’s for sure about Homer’s first reaction to Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey.The Ancient Greek poet would be very confused by the medium of moving pictures, and upset by the lack of ...
Poetry – in ancient Greek poiesis, a process of making – can still cause a flutter in the birdcage of the muses. Nothing new under the sun there, so far as poets writing in Greek go.
First things first, that's Homer the legendary Ancient Greek poet and (supposed) author of The Iliad and The Odyssey - not Homer Simpson. Ubisoft has revealed in a blog post on its website that ...
Codrescu muses on the effect Homer's narrative had back in ancient Greece. Opinion Hearing Homer, and Finding an Adventure. April 9, 2007 4:43 ... the Greek poet Homer, ...