The Emory Wheel2d
Mythology and mentorship: Maria Zoccola reinvents Helen of Troy
Amid this clash of calm and chaos, Zoccola was on the “cusp of something” she could not yet grasp. She would capture this ...
Greek Reporter6d
Did the Trojan War Really Happen?
Did the Trojan War really happen? Scholars continue to debate this, but establishing the true chronology of the legend might be the solution.
Helen Of Troy Painting Unearthed In Pompeii Nearly 2000 Years After Volcanic Eruption Destroyed The City
Among the artworks found, one that stands out is a picture of Helen of Troy, who is considered the goddess of beauty in Greek ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press6d
Review: Poet Maria Zoccola brings Homeric mythology to Sparta, Tennessee, in ‘Helen of Troy, 1993’
Near the end of poet Maria Zoccola's "Helen of Troy, 1993," the book's titular protagonist addresses the "gods of difficult ...
The New York Times22d
The Desperate Housewife Whose Face Launched a Thousand Ships
In “Helen of Troy, 1993,” the poet Maria Zoccola relocates a figure from Greek mythology into small-town Tennessee. By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary ...