Tag Archives: Homer

Telling Tall Tales: The Wanderings of Odysseus

Written by Justin D. Lyons, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom The most well-known episodes in Homer’s Odyssey are the adventures described in Books 9-12. Full of one-eyed giants, amorous goddesses and narrow escapes, they are considered the most memorable and thus most likely to be included in collections of excerpts. They have received so much attention

Written on February 19, 2021 at 9:08 am, by KristinD

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Categories: Ancient Greek books

Tags: Ancient Greek Literature, Homer, Homer's Odyssey, mythology, Odysseus

The 6 Ancient Greek and Roman Classics Everyone Should Read

Written by Nicole Garrison, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom The Hellenes and Romans sure knew how to create and appreciate exceptional literature. So for all of you who are contemplating whether you should add some classics to your reading list, trust me, you should! In the times of the ancient Greeks and the Roman Empire, literature

Written on September 24, 2020 at 11:00 am, by KristinD

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Categories: Ancient Greek books

Tags: Aristophanes, Essential Classics, greek literature, Homer, literature, Ovid, The Odyssey

The Age of Homer, or the Dark Ages (12th-9th century)

Written by Edward Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom We often regard the Greeks as the epitome of Civilizations. However, before the great achievement of the Fifth Century BC in Athens and elsewhere, they underwent a period of decline and dislocation. For over three centuries Greece endured a Dark Age when cities were abandoned and society

Written on September 8, 2020 at 6:39 am, by Whelan

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Categories: History

Tags: Ancient Greek Dark Ages, bronze age, Homer, Homeric Age, Mycenaean, Mycenaeans

Aristophanes: Utopia and Human Nature

Written by Visnja Bojovic, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Ever since there were people and places, there has been a desire for other, different people, and ideal, perfect places. This concept is called utopia, a word that has its origin in ancient Greek, as a compound of the word οὐ (ou, ”not”) and τόπος (topos, ”place”).

Written on July 22, 2020 at 6:03 am, by Visnja Bojovic

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Categories: Literature

Tags: Ancient Greek Comedy, Aristophanes, Hesiod, Homer, Homer's Odyssey, Phaeacians, The Odyssey, Thomas More, Utopia

Not Your Virgil’s Sinon: The Greeks and the Man Who Tricked the Trojans

Written by Cynthia C. Polsley, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom And I said to him: ‘Who are those two poor sinners who give off smoke like wet hands in the winter and lie so close to you upon the right?’ ‘I found them here,’ he answered, ‘when I rained down to this rocky slope; they’ve not

Written on July 15, 2020 at 6:48 am, by Alex Barrientos

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Categories: Literature

Tags: Aeneid, Dante, Dante's Inferno, Fall of Troy, Homer, Homer's Odyssey, iliad, Odyssey, Quintus, Sinon, Virgil

Ovid’s Metamorphoses: How Love Transforms

Written by Katherine Smyth, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom If there is one literary work that has inspired a legacy of artists, poets, and creators, it’s Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Comprising 250 myths and over nearly 1200 lines of poetry, it makes up an impressive 15 books of life-defining narration. Ovid’s work doesn’t just offer a creation myth,

Written on February 5, 2020 at 11:00 am, by Katherine Smyth

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Apollo, cupid, Homer, iliad, love, metamorphoses, Odyssey, Ovid, phoebus