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     If it’s all Greek to you, Emily Wilson’s new translation of ‘The Iliad’ may be worth a read

     Deseret News via Yahoo News· 8 months ago

     Is ‘Iliad’ a difficult read? What is the main story of ‘The Iliad’? What is ‘The Iliad’? How long is...

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     The Iliad Is Grim, Bloody, and Packed With Heroes. Are We Ready to Love It Again?

     Slate via Yahoo News· 8 months ago

     “The Fight for the Body of Patroclus,” illustration from The Iliad for Boys and Girls, Alfred John...

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     On the trail of Homer’s heroes in Greece

     The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months ago

     As I sheltered from the pale winter sun in the shade of Mycenae’s Lion Gate, I had never felt closer to Homer’s Iliad – and the Greek heroes of the...

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     Emily Wilson Wants to Make You Cry

     Esquire via Yahoo News· 8 months ago

     Emily Wilson Wants to Make You CrySarah Kim Few names loom larger over literature than Homer. The great blind bard was purported to have lived some 2,700...

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     Olive oil jar — dating back 1,800 years — hid quote from ‘extremely popular’ Roman

     Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months ago

     Archaeologists found part of an ancient clay jar containing a cryptic, first-of-its-kind...

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     'Odyssey' exhibit offers new way to think about epic

     The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year ago

     When you enter Lisa Bachman Jones’, “The Odyssey: A Retelling,” on view in Nashville Parthenon’s East Gallery, it may feel as though you’ve drifted out...

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     This week's entertainment includes theater, 'A Christmas Story' anniversary screening

     Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 5 months ago

     Bobcat performing at Drunken Oyster on Dec. 10 Bobcat, described as a one-man band from Long Island,...

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     Opinion: Trump videos send wildly different messages

     CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months ago

     The former president began the week by sharing a video hawking a “God Bless the USA” Bible and ended it with one showing an image of President Joe Biden...

9. • The Torah as a great literary achievement

     Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 3 months ago

     In the seventh and eighth chapters of the book of Nehemiah, Ezra the scribe and priest gathered the people of Israel. Standing on a platform he read aloud the text that we call the Torah, the ...

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      Celeste Ng on Toni Morrison, 'The Odyssey,' and the Book That Kept Her Up Way Too Late

      Elle via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      The award-winning author of 'Little Fires Everywhere' and 'Our Missing Hearts' on Toni Morrison,...