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 ...

Ancient Greeks saw Olympus as a divine realm of Zeus and the gods, not a mountain. Its link to Mount Olympus emerged in later traditions.

However, the Iliad ... god and objects to the violation, but Achilles continues in his frenzy. Emily Wilson, author of an acclaimed recent translation of the Iliad, reads this as “a human fighti ...

Who Odysseus was before The Return reveals his place in Greek mythology ... War and fight for the Greek forces led by Menelaus' brother, King Agamemnon of Mycenae. According to the Iliad, Odysseus ...