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World Poetry Day: Ancient Greece’s Classics, From Homer to Sappho’s Poems
As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...
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The Odyssey: An Epic That Shaped Western Storytelling
Unlike Achilles, the idealized warrior of The Iliad, Odysseus is a ... Even the way the poem is structured offers cultural insight. The Odyssey is rich with repeated phrases, epithets, and set ...
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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, ...
The Express Tribune11d
What we know about Nolan's 'The Odyssey'
In February, The Odyssey unveiled Matt Damon's first look as the eponymous hero, Odysseus. Damon was clad in a soldier's gear ...
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Why is everyone talking about this Penn professor's 'The Odyssey' translation?
The epic poem dates back to the 8th century BC ... including her translation of The Odyssey's prequel, The Iliad, and in 2019 she was named awarded a MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Award.