Iliad
During the Greek Dark Age, poets called bards traveled to different poli. The bards told stories in the form of long poems called epics. People would often pay to hear the bards describe stories of...
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Narrator: We use the word “epic” a lot these days, generally as an adjective to describe something huge, massive, or spectacular, like “That concert was epic” ... … or “The atomic bomb left in its...
One of the rules of Greek lament poetry is that it mustn't mention the dead by name in case of invoking a ghost. Maybe the 'Iliad,' crowded with names, is more than a poem. Maybe it's a dangerous...
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I suppose it's true that most great television, literature, and other forms of high art (and basic cable) benefit from a little hindsight. 'M.A.S.H.' comes to mind. So does 'The Iliad.'
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As in Homer's Iliad causing Paris' spleen The fall of mighty Troy caused by ingenious scheme Approaching people applying a similar strategy The notorious Trojan Horse must have inspired Thee Thy...
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'The Odyssey' is the great tale, and I was really taken by 'The Iliad,' so I dig into those things, and when I was a kid I didn't. You've gotta have a certain level of understanding yourself before...
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It's hard to write a war story without thinking about the 'Iliad.' Because the 'Iliad' knows everything about war.
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(Canibus) One way in, no way out To this day no one knows how Germaine came out Break a thousand bricks with a sound no louder than this The mic to fist, it's Canibus Rap music game pro master potato...
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If you put a real leaf and a silk leaf side by side, you'll see something of the difference between Homer's poetry and anyone else's. There seem to be real leaves still alive in the 'Iliad,' real...
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Stripped of its plot, the 'Iliad' is a scattering of names and biographies of ordinary soldiers: men who trip over their shields, lose their courage or miss their wives. In addition to these, there is...
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