Iliad
“Why is the sky blue”? It sounds like a question that’s as old as time, but it isn’t that old at all. When the Greek poet Homer wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad, he never once used a word for “blue”....
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The "Iliad"; after 3.000 years! we have recorded the 24 rhapsodies in ancient Greek, in order to give you and your environment a chance to hear, understand, enjoy and appreciate a...
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All About Ulysses (poem) "Ulysses" is a poem in blank verse by the Victorian poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson , written in 1833 and published in 1842 in his well-received second volume of...
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(folksy piano music) Beth: We're looking at a gold mask, that Schliemann referred to as, "Agamemnon." He actually, when this was on earth, said, "I have gazed into...
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All About Virgil Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC � September 21, 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period He is known for three...
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If the item you need is not available through the library we can obtain the item for you through our interlibrary loan service. Select "interlibrary loan" from our services menu at...
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All About Epic poetry An epic (from the Ancient Greek adjective (epikos), from (epos) "word, story, poem") is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject...
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All About Poetry Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language�such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre�to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place...
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All About Greek language Greek (Modern Greek: "Greek", "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to the southern...
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Why take Ancient Greek at UWM? Ancient Greek is awesome because you can learn how to read original text in Greek, like the Odyssey or if you love philosophy or if you want to read the New Testament....
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