Homer's Iliad has a vast cast of characters. Many of these names are less familiar to mainstream audiences than mighty ...

“I’ve read Ajax,” their companion replied, assuringly. “It’s not complicated.” Maybe it’s this interpretation, then, which frames the mythological drama of Trojan war hero Ajax as an American ...

There will be no quotes from William Shakespeare’s play Henry V used as the motto for the Royal Navy’s seventh and final Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. The boat, which is now under ...

It was Odysseus who convinced Achilles to fight in the Trojan War and fight for the ... valiantly alongside other Greek heroes like Achilles, Nestor, and Ajax, and his self-restraint made Odysseus ...

Baby names inspired by Greek history and mythology are gaining popularity in the US. From Athena to Zeus, there is a name for your new baby.

When the Romans adopted the god of war and renamed him Mars ... Ares inevitably bets on the wrong Trojan horse, as Greek heroes, including Achilles, Ajax and Odysseus, set the city ablaze in ...