One of the most striking episodes in Homer's Iliad occurs in Book XXIV, which recounts the encounter between Achilles, the greatest Greek warrior of the Trojan War, and Priam, the grieving king of Troy, who bravely enters the Greek...
Homer’s The Iliad, which recounts the fabled story of the Trojan War, is perhaps the most famous of ancient Greek literary works. Its subject matter is rousing and electrifying yet also profoundly human. It is a tale of war...
The island of Chios has been a Greek island for thousands of years. Even today, it is still a popular destination within the Greek world. That being so, one might wonder how the Greeks settled Chios in the first...
Archaeologists in the UK recently unearthed a stunning mosaic from the Roman era depicting the famous battle between two protagonists of the Trojan War: Achilles and Hector.
The artwork, which measures eleven by nearly seven meters (36 by 22.9 feet),...
In the ancient world, the Ancient Greeks knew that war demanded not only strength, strategy, and courage but also compassion, even toward one’s enemies.
Their literature and history repeatedly demonstrate that the measure of a hero or a nation lies...
In his epic work the Iliad, written around eighth century BC, Homer first introduces us to Andromache. According to Greek mythology, Andromache (in Greek pronounced Andromákhē) was the daughter of King Eetion, who ruled over Cicilian Thebe. Most notably, she...
