The Trojan War, as recounted in Homer's epic "Iliad," is said to have begun when Trojan Prince Paris kidnapped Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, leading to a ten-year siege by the Greeks ...

Photo: A Trojan Woman, which played New Jersey’s Luna Stage in 2024, stars Drita Kabashi. Photo courtesy of Luna Stage ...

Memnon against Achilles, detail of the Trojan War, relief, east frieze of the Siphnian Treasury, 530-525 BC, from Delphi, Greece. Ancient Greek civilization, 6th century BC.

Trump’s evolution — from vowing to end the war in a day to comparing the warring sides to children allowed to spar on a hockey rink — has been, for him, a frustrating one.

Since the start of the war, about 1,200 of the abducted children have returned to Ukraine, thanks mostly to the dogged efforts of their relatives and humanitarian aid organizations.

Slated for release on July 17, 2026, The Odyssey is an adaptation of the epic poem from Homer, which tells the story of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his perilous journey home after the Trojan War ...