THE Iliad offers us the oldest picture which we have of the life of man on the continent of Europe. This picture is also a most vivid and beautiful one. There is a constant temptation, therefore, to ...

As the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war holds the country in thrall, Charlotte Higgins reflects on the enduring power of a 3,000-year-old poem The Iliad is the first great book, and the first great ...

Gregory Elder is a professor emeritus of history and humanities at Moreno Valley College and a Roman Catholic priest. (Courtesy Photo) With the hideous thunder of war breaking out in Europe once again ...

The Iliad has been described as "war music", and the music of war is not always martial. Embedded within the structure of the Iliad are many instances of keening, or lament, usually by women, often in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- As I leaned forward during the opening night production of “An Iliad” at Cleveland Play House, determined not to miss a single syllable, it occurred to me that I was captivated by a ...

In the opening sentences of his last published work, The Passions of the Soul (1649), Descartes signalled his own modernity with a withering dismissal of the ancients, whose defects he found ‘nowhere ...

Interview with Chloe Pirrie, who plays Andromache in Troy: Fall Of A City. Who is Andromache? Andromache is married to Hector, who is the son of Priam and Hecuba and heir to the throne of Troy.

Andromache is married to Hector, who is the son of Priam and Hecuba and heir to the throne of Troy. They’re next in line to be King and Queen. It was initially an arranged marriage, but it’s now a ...