Do the famous Bronze Age Minoans appear in Homer's Odyssey, perhaps as the Eteocretans or the rich Phaeacians?

An ancient historian at the University of Leicester has found that the Rutland mosaic presents a version of the Trojan War that differs from the story told in Homer’s Iliad. Researchers studying what ...

Almost 3,000 years ago, the Greek poet Homer composed more than 15,000 lines of dactylic hexameter about the Trojan War. An epic poem about the possibly true, possibly legendary Greek siege of the ...

Homer’s list of ships may be exaggerated, but archaeology reveals it as a valuable window into the real power centers, leaders, and landscapes of Bronze Age Greece. This episode follows the Iliad from ...

A man endures a long trip home, one that involves extraordinary creatures, dangerous obstacles and psychological challenges, so he can see his loved ones again. The 3,000-year-old tale of Odysseus in ...

They’re the opening words heard in the first trailer of Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited film adaptation of Homer classic, ...