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 ...

Humanity’s unshakable attraction to warfare and its ramifications are unmistakable themes that run throughout this powerful ...

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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.

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

For 27 centuries, Helen of Troy has been one of the most exciting ... from the moment when Helen first enters the record in Book 2 of Homer’s Iliad back in the Iron Age, there isn’t a single ...

One of the most hotly anticipated cinematic sequels of recent times is upon us in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, and you can ...

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 ...

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 Our critic A.O. Scott walks you ...

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