Many have forgotten that the subject of the "Illiad" was war--not merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but war, in all its enduring devastation. This groundbreaking reading of Homer's epic poem restores the poet's vision of the tragedy of war, addressing many of the central questions that define the war experience of every age.

For almost 3000 years, the Iliad and the Odyssey have thrilled people with tales of adventure in ancient Greece. These stories are known all over the world, but so much about the life of the man responsible for those epic poems remains a mystery that for a while some scholars doubted that he even really existed. Despite the controversies, Homer is still honored as one of civilization's greatest poets. He overcame childhood poverty and adult blindness...

Discusses the triumphs and defeats of the Greek and Trojan heroes during the Trojan War and the destruction of Troy by combined Greek armies.

An eye-searing, mind-bending, gender-shattering epic science fiction retelling of Homer's Odyssey starting with the end of a great war in the stars and the beginning of a very long journey home for Odyssia and her crew of warriors.