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 ...

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?

“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… ...

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 ...

AMNA NAWAZ: Achilles and Hector, Helen of Troy and King Priam, the world of "The Iliad," one of the foundational works of Western literature and thought.

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 ...

An especially impressive entry in this burgeoning group of women writers’ works on Troy is Alice Oswald’s 2011 poem “Memorial,” an idiosyncratic translation of “The Iliad.” ...

In Zoccola’s exceptional debut, The Iliad’s Helen of Troy is reimagined as a wistful Tennessee housewife, dissatisfied with her marriage and wasted potential and reliving the glory days of her ...

Amna Nawaz: Achilles and Hector, Helen of Troy and King Priam, the world of "The Iliad," one of the foundational works of Western literature and thought.