The Odyssey is a classic of Ancient Greek literature. What’s the story told in this epic poem, and what does it reveal about ...

The Lotus-eaters were a group of people, who, according to the Ancient Greek writer Homer, lived on a diet of lotus flowers. The flower is thought to have been an aquatic plant that grew in marshes ...

I read Homer in High School. And slowly, in my college classes in ancient, medieval, and modern Greek history, I realized Homer’s epic poems were at the very core of Hellenic civilization. The more I ...

Homer is the quintessential Greek intellectual with many talents, including poetry. No other poet in ancient or modern times comes close to him. The ancient Greeks treated him with the awe and respect ...

In a critically acclaimed new translation of The Iliad, CU Boulder classics Professor Laurialan Reitzammer sees the enduring relevance of Homer So, it’s no little feat that The Iliad and The ...

Ancient Greeks saw Olympus as a divine realm of Zeus and the gods, not a mountain. Its link to Mount Olympus emerged in later traditions.