Set near the end of the Trojan War,The Iliadis the story of the rage of Achilles, the greatest of the Greek heroes. The story begins with Achilles’ dispute with the petty king Agamemnon and builds up to his fateful duel with the Trojan prince Hector. Like all Greek myths, it is a s...
The Iliad by Homer (700 BC) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1866) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865) Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (1847) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1813) The Catcher in the R...
Of all my purchases made from that comic book rack, I have only one Flash left, but I still have every Classic Comic I ever bought—from Tom Sawyer to The Iliad. Why am I a reader? Well, I was lucky enough to grow up with only three TV channels in black and white. I was lucky...
“Q. My husband and I want to visit Turkey and are interested in the history and archaeology of ancient Troy and Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey.” Any recommendations regarding a reputable agency to book such travel?A. We always thought Iraq was the cradle of civilization, but, no, ...
Homer continues to gain “Iliad” fans after thousands of years and Shakespeare retains his reputation as a master playwright. How did they assemble the parts to create a satisfying whole? Is it possible to find a common denominator for all the successful plots out there? The approaches to bui...
BONE Aren't we all. My dad taught at Yale. He made me recite the Iliad at the dinner table. In Greek. DAVID That's really fucked up. BONE You want to know what's really, really fucked up? He didn't understand a fucking word of it. They laugh and light up. BONE (CONT'D) ...
Lace on your feet close-fitting boots of the hide of a slaughtered ox, thickly lined with felt inside. And when the season of frost comes on, stitch together skins of firstling kids with ox-sinew, to put over your back and to keep off the rain. On your head above wear a shaped cap...
whose conspicuous brightness far outshines the stars that are numbered in the night’s darkening, the star they give the name of Orion’s Dog, which is brightest among the stars, and yet is wrought as a sign of evil and brings on the great fever for unfortunate mortals. (Homer,Iliad...
This book really took me by surprise, based off of the title alone I was expecting to read something completely different。 As I read through the picture book it seemed odd to me that it was published as a kids book。 It seemed to have some deeper meaning about war and colonization 首页...
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