Emily Wilson, who produced this banging translation of The Odyssey and is currently at work on The Iliad, recently tweeted a ...

On his YouTube channel, Thomas Whichello reads interesting literature aloud, often in the original languages, dialects, or ...

Archaeologists are stunned after discovering a copy of Homer's Iliad on an Egyptian mummy, revealing unexpected ancient ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed a sealed packet of the epic poem resting atop a Roman-era mummy, suggesting they may have been used as a magical ward for the afterlife. Papyri were plentiful in the ...

Does Homer's Iliad really describe the horned helmets of the Mycenaean Era, or was he talking about something else entirely?

This week in the magazine, Daniel Mendelsohn reviews a new version of Homer’s Iliad, translated by Stephen Mitchell. He also discusses the translation and his piece in this week’s Out Loud podcast. A ...

As the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war holds the country in thrall, Charlotte Higgins reflects on the enduring power of a 3,000-year-old poem The Iliad is the first great book, and the first great ...

Listen to Jeffrey Brown interview Caroline Alexander, author of a new translation of "The Iliad." Many readers think of "The Iliad" as a daunting text. But Caroline Alexander, whose new translation of ...

Homer’s Iliad is usually thought of as the first work of European literature, and many would say, the greatest. It tells part of the saga of the city of Troy and the war that took place there. In fact ...

Many 21st century readers have noticed some delightful gender-bending scenes in "The Odyssey." The goddess Athena cross-dresses and calls every shot regarding the fate of the hero, Odysseus, while ...