In the Iliad, Homer leaves Helen of Troy’s appearance undefined, inviting readers to imagine her beauty for themselves.

I read Homer in High School. And slowly, in my college classes in ancient, medieval, and modern Greek history, I realized Homer’s epic poems were at the very core of Hellenic civilization. The more I ...

Arguments over Homeric translation are nothing new. Virtually since the Renaissance, there has been a clear division among translators between modernists and Hellenizers. The first, in essence, follow ...

Over 3,500 years ago, when ­lions prowled eastern Europe and the Trojan War was still centuries off, a great hero walked the hills near Pylos, in southern Greece, and gloried in his enormous wealth ...

“The Odyssey” by Homer; translation, introduction and notes by Barry B. Powell (Oxford University Press, 488 pages, $16.95, paperback) The “Odyssey” may be the greatest travel story ever told. For 10 ...