The Iliad
Ancient Greece
Euripides’ The Trojan Women—An Unflinching Look at Brutality of War
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The Trojan Women is a genocide narrative. In this play, the great Athenian dramatist Euripides explores the enslavement of women, human sacrifice, rape, and infanticide.
By Chris Mackie
The story of the long struggle for the life of the city of...
Ancient Greece
What the Greek Classics Tell Us About Grief and Mourning the Dead
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Through the Greek classics, the true meaning of life can be explored by humanity and all the experiences that come with it.
By: Joel Christensen
As the coronavirus pandemic hit New York in March of 2020, the death toll quickly went...
Archaeology
Ancient City of Troy 600 Years Older than Previously Believed
Νew archaeological discoveries from excavations at the site of the ancient city Troy in Turkey's northwestern Canakkale province suggest that people had settled in the area six centuries earlier than experts had previously believed.
According to a report from the...
Archaeology
Turkey to Declare 2018 ‘Year of Troy’
The ruins that are believed to be the site where Troy was standing, are half an hour’s drive from Çanakkale in north-west Turkey, situated on the Dardanelles strait and near the Gallipoli peninsula. The ruins of ten "Troys" -...
Ancient Greece
Greek Goddesses Appear as Black Women on Ancient Ceramic Cup
The image of black people plays a key role in the reconciliation between the everyday world of ancient Greeks and spiritual revelation, says an analysis on The Root.
The analysis is based on a scene on a skyphos -- a...
Art
Greek Classic 'The Iliad' Read in its Entirety by 66 Actors (video)
A reading of all 18,225 lines of text of The Iliad by 66 actors, an epic undertaking of Cambridge classics professor Simon Goldhill, will be available to watch online.
The ambitious reading took place on August 14 for an audience...
Hollywood
Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ Headed to Space
Warner Bros is gearing up to create a new version of Homer's "The Odyssey" that will set the Greek epic in space, according to Deadline.
The movie studio has put James DiLapo in place to begin writing the script for...