Is there any evidence that the Odyssey is based on real events, or is it just a fictional story invented by Homer?

For millennia, the epic poems of Homer have profoundly shaped Western literature and thought with their timeless tales of heroism, gods and the enduring human spirit. While The Iliad plunges us into ...

Goodman Theatre’s Chicago premiere of “The Penelopiad” commences with a resounding thwack from a large sack dropping onto the stage. It is the first of several startling moments in artistic director ...

Some three millennia ago, a blind bard whose name in ancient Greek means “hostage” is said to have composed two masterpieces of oral poetry that still speak to us. The Iliad’s subject is death, and ...