At first, the archaeologists assumed the images came from Homer’s Iliad, the best-known account of the war. The scenes seemed ...

One new book you can buy for either the Nook or the Kindle, or even an old school ink on paper is "The War That Killed Achilles." In it, author Caroline Alexander explores the real world events that ...

An ancient historian at the University of Leicester has found that the Rutland mosaic presents a version of the Trojan War that differs from the story told in Homer’s Iliad. Researchers studying what ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Greek and Roman comedies and dramas were performed in outdoor arenas. It's ...

The battle between Penthesilea and Achilles during the Trojan War. Ancient historians were very concerned with establishing the date when the Trojan War happened. (Marie-Lan-Nguyen/Wikimedia Commons) ...

Los Angeles — In the Roman interpretations of Homer’s Iliad, the Greek warrior Achilles was dipped in the River Styx by his mother Thetis, seeking to make him invulnerable. She held him by his little ...

The Trojan War was celebrated by legendary authors like Homer, who told the tale of the large wooden horse that tricked the soldiers of Troy. In the stories, Paris, the son of a Trojan King, ran away ...

Sega has announced the latest title in Creative Assembly's Total War Saga franchise with a brand-new cinematic trailer. Called A Total War Saga: Troy, the strategy game is scheduled to release on PC ...

On Wednesday, March 12, the Trojan War began in Ithaca with the powerful cries of Emily Wilson speaking in Ancient Greek. Yet this was no ordinary recitation of the words of one of the most iconic ...

Achilles is one of Greek mythology's greatest heroes, but will the character appear in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey given ...