You could look back to the last major adaptation of Homer, Wolfgang Peterson’s 2004 hit “Troy,” and say that Brad Pitt had ...

1 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 Is King Odysseus, the Trojan Horse-building genius of Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey, merely a fictional figure in classic literature? Or was he a real, flesh-and-blood man ...

It took Odysseus 20 years to crisscross the wine-dark sea, but it has taken far longer for Makis Metaxas to convince the world of his most earnest beliefs: Not only did Homer’s trickster hero ...

Achilles tendinopathy is a common condition that can linger for months or years, and treating it is not always straightforward. I’m a keen runner and first noticed stiffness in my Achilles each ...

Following the end of the Trojan War, Hades, the god of death, resurrected Achilles to use him in his plots against the other gods. Once his plans came to fruition, Hades claimed Achilles' soul and ...

In Pat Barker’s salty retelling, Homeric grandees like Odysseus, Paris, and Achilles are dismissed in passing as venal brutes. There are no heroes here, except perhaps for Clytemnestra ...

New York Jets defensive end Jermaine Johnson confirmed reports that he tore his right Achilles tendon in a social media post Monday. The Jets' third-year pass rusher, a Pro Bowl selection as an ...

For one, Cousins is now 36-years-old, and he's coming off a torn Achilles suffered in October. Prior to Atlanta's Week 2 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, Cousins told ESPN's Troy Aikman ...

The lack of real estate exposure, however, is a massive Achilles heel, and dividend investors should make sure they make the right adjustments going forward. If you want to Buy Low, Sell High ...

Broncos coach Sean Payton said wide receiver Josh Reynolds has been dealing with “wear and tear” in one of his Achilles tendons, but he expects the 29-year-old will be fine. “Today he felt a ...

Wolfgang Peterson’s 2004 hit “Troy,” and say that Brad Pitt had the body to play Achilles. But Fiennes has the body (battered and sinewy) and the voice (resonant and rich) to play Odysseus ...