Ancient Greek bards preserved some of the most extraordinary works of the ancient world long before anyone in Greece recorded them on paper. For centuries, the Iliad and the Odyssey existed entirely through oral tradition—more than 27,000 lines of...
Despite living centuries later, Pythagoras, the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician famously known for the Pythagorean theorem, is said, according to numerous ancient sources, to have fought in the Trojan War. These accounts claim that he was the reincarnation...
Homer's Iliad is one of the most famous literary works in the world, and it was arguably even more renowned in antiquity. But how did a poem by a single poet achieve such widespread fame across the ancient Greek world,...
The famous Trojan War of Homer's Iliad was not the only time that the city of Troy was invaded in Greek mythology. In fact, just a few generations before the particular well-known event, there was another attack against the city....
Hollywood movies like "Marley & Me" or "Hachi: A Dog's Tale" have brought both joy and tears to millions of viewers around the world, with their ability to capture the special bond between humans and their canine companions –...
The Homeric Hymns are a collection of thirty-three ancient Greek poems composed in the old epic style in which Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were written.
In Ancient Greece, it was customary for performances to begin with a hymn to a god...
During the Bronze Age, the Mycenaean Greeks used impressive chariots as a mode of transport and an intimidating vehicle of war.
Most of what modern historians and archaeologists know about Mycenaean chariots is derived from depictions on frescoes and fragments...
Most discussions about the real history of the ancient city of Troy explain the fact that this city appears in Bronze Age Hittite records. It appears that Troy, or "Wilusa," as those records call it, was closely associated with...
Homer is widely recognised as Greece's oldest and most important poet. He was the composer of the Iliad and the Odyssey. However, the poet Hesiod is also extremely famous and important to Greek epic tradition. Is Homer generally regarded as the...
