While Odysseus and Achilles fought for the same cause, they embody two different approaches to ancient Greek heroism.

Emily Wilson, author of an acclaimed recent translation of the Iliad, reads this as “a human fighting the landscape”. Yet, by bringing the slaughter to the river, Achilles is showcasing the ...

Soldiers are different. They are servants of the state. In well-governed countries, they are bound by discipline, the rule of ...

However, the fight lasts almost an entire day and concludes with a ... Credit: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons Briseis is the catalyst for the early events of the Iliad. Achilles takes her as his ...

We fight not for the greater good ... to satiate the most primitive human appetites. Achilles, the mightiest warrior in Homer’s Iliad, described the sort of anger that drives a man to revenge ...

In a rage over the death of his friend Patroclus in a fair fight, Achilles not only kills the ... many other fights far better than Homer’s Iliad. To be sure, these are ideal types, and in ...

‘The Song of Achilles’ by Madeline Miller Adult: This novel reimagines Homer’s “The Iliad.” The irresistible ... form an inseparable bond as they fight in the Trojan War and are tested ...

Are your armpits worthy of demigod Achilles or that great beauty ... of a range inspired by Homer’s 8th Century BC epic, The Iliad (yes, really) and promises to keep armpit odour at bay for ...

The guard's injury brings up several questions for the franchise ahead of both the trade deadline and a critical offseason.