Emily Wilson on 5 crucial decisions she made in her ‘Iliad’ translation From ‘dog-face’ to ‘death runs fast,’ Wilson explains how she worked to revitalize Homer while remaining true to ...

AMNA NAWAZ: Achilles and Hector, Helen of Troy and King Priam, the world of "The Iliad," one of the foundational works of Western literature and thought.

Did he compose expecting audiences to cheer for Helen’s self-flagellation? Reading The Iliad in the present, one wonders if Helen was the Meghan Markle to Homer’s Jeremy Clarkson.

It should be recalled, too, that although the “Iliad” ends before the fall of Troy, Menelaus is said by later Greek sources to have forgiven Helen and to have lived in happy, monogamous ...

Amna Nawaz: Achilles and Hector, Helen of Troy and King Priam, the world of "The Iliad," one of the foundational works of Western literature and thought.

Meanwhile, on Helen’s loom is a tapestry of the war itself – yet another miniaturised Iliad. So there is Achilles the bard – a stand-in for Homer. And there is Helen, bitterly anticipating becoming a ...

Emily Wilson's new translation of "The Iliad" brings a Zoomer-generation vibe to the classical war epic, injecting a modern sensibility to battle that asks, a la 1969: War, what's it good for?

But, more than 3,000 years after events described in The Iliad, Helen is to undergo a dramatic historical reappraisal. According to a controversial new book, she was more likely to have been a ...

It should be recalled, too, that although the “Iliad” ends before the fall of Troy, Menelaus is said by later Greek sources to have forgiven Helen and to have lived in happy, monogamous ...