The Cornell Daily Sun3d
The Trojan War and an Ancient Language Come to Ithaca
On Wednesday, March 12, the Trojan War began in Ithaca with the powerful cries of Emily Wilson speaking in Ancient Greek. Yet ...
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Ancient 3,500-year-old Mycenaean armor tested in epic combat simulation shows Homer’s Iliad wasn’t just a fantasy story after all
The original armor consists of hammered bronze ... the research team yet again relied on detailed accounts from Homer’s Iliad ...
The American Conservative1y
An Epic Tragedy
Emily Wilson’s Iliad is a disservice to the classical tradition ... read the epic poem unabridged, or even in the original Greek. I was reminded of this experience while reading Emily Wilson ...
The Forward1mon
A Jewish philosopher and mystic understood Trump’s Achilles’ heel
To fully grasp the effects of power, though, Allen’s now-ancient comedy is insufficient; we need to go back to ancient Greek tragedy — namely, Homer’s Iliad. This is the same text that the ...