Book XXII recounts the climax of the Iliad: the fatal encounter between the main defender of Troy and the greatest warrior of the Greeks, which results in the death of Hector and Achilles' revenge for ...

A TALE OF TROY—John Masefield— MacMillan ($1. ... Poet Masefield telescopes the Iliad’s 24 books, hitting such high spots as Paris’ rape of Helen, Agamemnon’s sacrifice of Iphigenia ...

Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890) was a successful businessman and self-taught archaeologist who is best known for discovering the site of the ancient city of Troy. This work in English ... today’s ...

Safer by far, you find, to foray all through camp, commandeering the prize of any man who speaks against you. King who ...

Herodotus of Halicarnassus, more philosopher than historian, was up to some mischief when, at the beginning of his account of Egypt in Book II of ... as presented in the Iliad.

By Wilson Wong In his latest book, the Rolling Stone writer David Browne tracks three decades of folk, blues, rock and jazz below 14th Street. By Peter Keepnews A Poem About Waiting, and Wishing ...

The latest from the chronicler of urban grit known for “Lush Life” and “Clockers” — as well as writing on “The Wire” TV series — is set in 2008 in East Harlem, where a five-story ...

Reporter Homer‘s The Iliad is currently on Usha Vance’s reading list. JD Vance’s wife has frequently been spotted clutching Emily Wilson’s 2023 translation of the classic text while on the ...

Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, “The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required time, patience and ...

Before the “Iliad” became a text (let alone that Brad Pitt movie “Troy”), it was Homer reciting the lines for whoever was in ...

Kruger's breakout role as an actress came in 2004 as Helen of Sparta in Troy, the film adaptation of Homer's Iliad. That same year ... 2007's National Treasure: Book of Secrets.