Helen of Troy was written in. As her story passed down the generations it held up a mirror to the prejudices of society and to some of its truths. Helen in the Iliad declares, ‘on us has been ...

As Herodotus discloses, Homer knew the story of Helen ... the Iliad. The true story, related to Herodotus by a few Egyptian divines, was that Helen never sailed the wine-dark seas to Troy ...

The fame of the beautiful Helen, the deeds of the ... what was then the small town of Troy as the “mother-city” of Rome. The prime written source, the Iliad, actually focusses on only a ...

Hecuba, Queen of Troy, is to become a slave, as are the other women. Helen of Troy, who was the cause of this fierce battle, must now face her punishment for running away from her husband.

The Trojan War and its events provide the background for two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey ... determined to retrieve Helen from Troy. For many years the Greeks camped outside the walls ...

I had never felt closer to Homer’s Iliad – and the Greek heroes of the Trojan War. This was where Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, headed off to Troy, on Turkey’s west coast, to bring back Helen ...

Humanity’s unshakable attraction to warfare and its ramifications are unmistakable themes that run throughout this powerful ...

Chances are you have either read, studied, or heard about “The Iliad” by Homer. The always-innovative Burbage Theatre has ...

A TALE OF TROY—John Masefield— MacMillan ... Poet Masefield telescopes the Iliad’s 24 books, hitting such high spots as Paris’ rape of Helen, Agamemnon’s sacrifice of Iphigenia for ...

Homer's Ancient Greek Poem Iliad has inspired a small village in Turkey to install busts of the Trojan war heroes on their ...

The Trojan War and its events provide the background for two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey ... determined to retrieve Helen from Troy. For many years the Greeks camped outside the walls ...