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A Jewish philosopher and mystic understood Trump’s Achilles’ heel
Amid the firehose of executive orders since Donald Trump reentered the White House, ranging from the return of plastic straws ...
Michael Longley, 85, Northern Irish Poet of Nature and ‘the Troubles,’ Dies
Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...
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The Heroes Of Homer's Iliad Are Eco-Warriors Battling To Protect Nature
The Iliad is a poem of violence, with many of the scores ... In an extraordinary episode featuring the Iliad's central hero Achilles, Homer uses direct narrative to position the eco-warrior.
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Among the Ancients: The ‘Iliad’
In episode one of Among the Ancients, Emily and Tom begin with a beginning, Homer’s Iliad: its depictions of anger and grief ... David talks to Mark Ford and Seamus Perry, hosts of Political Poems, ...
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Ancient Greece: The Trojan War
videoEpisode 4 Achilles is refusing to fight and sends ... including Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, which is at least 2,500 years old. The cause of war is Helen’s elopement from the Spartan ...