These works by Homer form the cornerstone of ancient Greek culture and provide DEEP insights into heroism, morality, and ...

The University of Exeter put a trigger warning on two classic pieces of ancient Greek literature, Homer’s “The Iliad” and ...

Michael Longley, the Irish poet whose long career included more than 40 books, died last week. He was lauded by literary, ...

Michael Longley, who has died aged 85, was a poet whose graceful and careful work made him one of the most cherished writers of Northern Ireland and, for some, the English-reading world.

However, the Iliad is hardly a romance. The abduction scene is only alluded to in the poem. The major theme is war, with the conflict approaching its tenth year. The Iliad is a poem of violence ...

The winner of the 2017 PEN Pinter Prize on how poets have responded to the horrors of civil war – and why the peace process is far from over. By Michael Longley Editor’s note: this piece was ...

The Iliad has a vast cast of characters ... have catapulted Brad Pitt’s Achilles into pop culture. However, Homer’s epic poem recounts the adventures of a much wider cast of heroes, many of whom do ...

All of us as vital as the one light we move through.” Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read for Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021, made her a breakout ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

It’s true of the oldest Greek poems, too, like ‘The Iliad’ or ‘The Odyssey,’” Spaar said. If someone doesn’t hear a poem aloud, Spaar said, they may miss the music in a poem. It may also not be ...