Perhaps the most striking thing about "Helen of Troy," the new USA Network miniseries based on very old tales from Greek mythology, is -- to put it bluntly -- Helen's fanny. It makes a conspicuous ...

Although there are more spectacular ancient sites on Turkey’s Aegean coast, including the magnificent library at Ephesus and ...

Part travelogue, part history and more tedium than Ilium, this exhaustive look at the factual underpinnings to Helen of Troy's mythic tale begins promisingly enough but proceeds at such a snail's ...

“Helen of Troy” [ 1/2] Sunday and Monday nights at 8 on USA ———- ONE of the biggest sagas of all time, Homer’s Iliad, introduced the idea of a face that could la… ...

New Netflix series "Troy: Fall of a City" expands on Homer's the "Iliad," following Paris from his childhood through the destruction of Troy. But how much of it is a true story and how much is myth?

The main crux of Konijnendijk's analysis, however, has to do with the central plot and character motivations. In The Iliad, Helen of Troy was considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world ...

I brought some of my team members from the Amsterdam Troy Project to sit and react to the 2004 epic Troy with me! Even though we can't get to Troy this year to carry out our excavations, we can still ...

It’s called “Troy.”Based on “The Iliad” and its 2,700-year-old chronicle of jealousy, pride, cowardice, sacrifice and war, the […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now °F.

But look beyond a scantily clad Brad Pitt and you’ll see that the movie is based on Homer’s “The Iliad,” one of the most famous books in the history of literature (to be exact, it’s a ...

Part travelogue, part history and more tedium than Ilium, this exhaustive look at the factual underpinnings to Helen of Troy's mythic tale begins promisingly enough but proceeds at such a snail's ...