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

Replica Attic Black-Figure Amphora by Exekias depicting Achilles and Penthesilea, ca. 540-530 BCE Greek Mythology, Athenian Artists, and the Etruscans By the 6th century BCE, Greek vase painters, ...

Ajax Carrying the Body of Achilles, wood engraving, published 1868 Ajax Carrying the Body of Achilles (Pasquino Group). Scene from the Iliad, an ancient Greek epic poem by Homer. Wood engraving after ...