The words of the ancient Greek author Homer have echoed across the centuries. His magnum opus, the Iliad, which recounts the ...

Achilles retires to his tent in an epic, sulking rage and refuses to fight until Agamemnon apologizes and returns Briseis. It ...

“This is the gift of the humanities,” Edward Meadors, professor of Biblical studies, said. “Somehow we can get through to people by reading a book or watching a movie or engaging in theater to put ...

An Old Soldier remembers the ten-year war at Troy and the events which led up to it: Paris, Helen, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Priam, Achilles, Patroclus, Hector, Cassandra, Odysseus…and the wooden horse.

Patroclus joins battle wearing Achilles's golden armour. He meets Hector, the Trojans' superhero, and Patroclus is slain. Achilles returns to the battle to avenge his ...

This set introduces two heroes from the Trojan War and Homer's Illiad. Leading the way, with shield and spear at the ready ...