While Odysseus and Achilles fought for the same cause, they embody two different approaches to ancient Greek heroism.
He was born in Florida but came to the wildlife habitats at Grandfather Mountain in August 2015 from the Audubon Center for ...
King Idomeneus was the ruler of Crete in the time of the Trojan War, and he participated in that event according to Greek ...
The University of Exeter put a trigger warning on two classic pieces of ancient Greek literature, Homer’s “The Iliad” and ...
Revenge is a recurring motif in the Iliad as a response to an affront. However, Hector's revenge on the Greek invaders is compromised because it is preordained that he will be killed and Troy taken.
A golden apple inscribed 'for the fairest' is sent to a feast at Olympus. Unable to decide between the goddesses Aphrodite, Hera and Athena, Zeus decides to let a mortal choose.
They famously fought in the battle of Troy. Homer, an important Greek writer, told stories of the Mycenaean age in his books The Iliad and The Odyssey. After the Mycenaean age ended in about ...