The words of the ancient Greek author Homer have echoed across the centuries. His magnum opus, the Iliad, which recounts the ...

Rereading the epic in January, I found that the quarrelsome and dysfunctional principals had become an oddly familiar cast of ...

The Trojan War was the famous conflict between the Trojans and the Greeks. But surprisingly, the city of Troy itself was ...

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This set introduces two heroes from the Trojan War and Homer's Illiad. Leading the way, with shield and spear at the ready ...

Greek mythology has been widely used in the movie industry in the past, from Clash of the Titans to Troy and more. Yet, it hasn’t been featured in many films ...

They're waiting for me. They say, 'Welcome, brother'. Hector: Fight me! Achilles: Why kill you now, Prince of Troy, with no-one here to see you fall? Achilles: Of all the kings of Greece, I respect ...

Hector of Troy, a prince upon whose shoulders his father ... In the course of his service, Fate would pit him against Achilles, perhaps the greatest warrior of all time, leaving the Trojan with ...

It is an Achilles-vs-Hector battle that shapes the war for Troy and the destiny of nations. To rephrase Winston Churchill, never is so much owed by so many to so few. Same was the case with the golden ...