Aided by Athena, Odysseus combines strength with guile, diplomacy with brutality, together with a streak of recklessness. He “contains multitudes,” writes Wilson. Like her "Iliad," Wilson’s ...

We meet Odysseus first of all in “The Iliad,” the great war poem about the Trojan War. There Odysseus is one of the captains fighting the Trojans, but he is only one among many, and his army ...

Following the events of The Iliad, the journey of Odysseus reflects more than myth—it reveals deep truths about Greek identity, values, and historical memory. This episode investigates the ...

The movie depicts Odysseus not as a “young strapping hero ... (Even Homer’s “The Iliad” – an “Odyssey” prequel, if you will – got the Brad Pitt treatment with 2004’s ...

"The Iliad": I have an "Odyssey" side of my body and an "Iliad" side of my body. This is the bow of Odysseus. JEFFREY BROWN: Images of the ancient Greek epics on the body of Penn Professor Emily ...

and Odysseus’ tricky homecoming. Like the Iliad, the Odyssey may have been written by Homer, who may or may not have been blind, or by a committee of poets. Whoever put it together did so more ...