Philadelphia Museum of Art Homer's Iliad is so canonical in world literature that even without having read the epic, most people ... as Homeric heroes take on the role of eco-warriors in a ...

War, Homer teaches us, is the engine of epic: a flow of blood and bone ... about Emily Wilson’s stirring translation of “The Iliad,” which whips and crackles beneath the familiar meter ...

Homer’s Iliad is so canonical in world literature that even without having read the epic, most people are familiar with the ... There is also the battle to protect nature, as Homeric heroes take on ...