Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts 'long-lost' Troy story connecting Roman Britain to the ancient classical world

The team behind what has been described as "one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK" have revealed that it ...
Chicago Tribune

Review: ‘An Iliad’ is back at Court Theatre, reminding us war never goes away

My personal history reviewing “An Iliad,” the contemporary vernacular take on the Homeric epic penned by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare, has become my reminder of the ubiquitousness of war and human ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

'An Iliad' retells the tragedy of human addiction to rage, past and present

Like some weary Beckett character, the Poet in "An Iliad" is compelled to repeat a story she would rather not tell anymore. But she's a professional, she's been doing this for three thousand years, so ...
The Boston Globe

Burbage Theatre’s one-man, one-muse ‘An Iliad’ explores the glory and grief of battle

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — In “An Iliad,” which received both an Obie and Lucille Lortel Award for its 2012 off-Broadway production, playwrights Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare offer a compressed, contemporized ...
Los Angeles Times

Dreading four more months of the presidential campaign? Our critic turned to the classics

I started my summer reading with Emily Wilson’s recent translation of “The Iliad.” I enjoyed her version of “The Odyssey” a few years ago and needed the kind of escape from the news that I knew Homer ...
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Ancient 3,500-year-old Mycenaean armor tested in epic combat simulation shows Homer’s Iliad wasn’t just a fantasy story after all

The Bronze Age Mycenaeans were an ancient civilization from the Greek mainland known for their impressive architecture, rich culture, and mysterious decline. Perhaps most famously, the Mycenaeans were ...