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Trojan War: Unveiling the Truth About Warfare in Homer’s Iliad
In the Iliad, did Homer really describe the type of warfare common to the Mycenaean Era? Or was he describing the warfare of ...
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Who Drank Wine in Ancient Troy? New Research Suggests Just About Everyone
In the first book of the Iliad, the god Hephaestus passes a “double goblet” around at a banquet on Mount Olympus. “He poured ...
Trojans of all classes enjoyed a nice jug of wine
He poured the drink, going from right to left, for all the other gods, drawing off sweet nectar from the mixing bowl.” It ...
Neos Kosmos6dOpinion
Who owns Homer? Education, power, and the brawl over the Classics
Professor Joel Christensen condemns Utah’s new Western canon mandate, calling it an attack on academic freedom and a move ...
Greek Reporter3d
Priam’s Treasure: The Hidden Fate of Ancient Troy’s Legendary Hoard
What do we really know about Priam’s Treasure from Hisarlik, the ancient site of Troy? Where is it now, and was it really ...
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If you think Homer's poetry is stodgy and boring, you’ve never heard Emily Wilson's version
I remember just being astonished by the representations of the gods. The omnipresence of the gods in the world of the Iliad, ...
Homeric jug reveals wine was an everyday drink in Troy
In Troy, wine was far from being reserved solely for the rich and powerful, indicating that it was an element present in the ...
Odyssey’s last chapter dispenses with gods and thrills until the brutal end
The Return, Uberto Pasolini’s adaptation of The Odyssey’s closing episode, does away with all that. The Olympians make no appearance here. Odysseus and his wife, Penelope, are on their own, handling ...