Bruce Heiden, Common People and Leaders in "Iliad" Book 2: The Invocation of the Muses and the Catalogue of Ships, Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-2014), Vol. 138, No. 1 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. "Rage – Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles." With this call to the epic muse The Iliad, and Western literature, begins.

It is true that every generation needs a translation of The Iliad that relates to what its readers bring with them to the poem. It is also true that many potential current readers now bring so much ...

Pat Barker’s “The Silence of the Girls” joins the ranks of recent books by women that address the classical era, including Madeline Miller’s “Circe,” Mary Beard’s “SPQR” and Emily Wilson’s translation ...