Homer's language, used in his epic poems, which laid the foundations of Western literature, was never spoken but echoes in Modern Greek.

The Odyssey is an ancient epic poem traditionally attributed to the Greek poet Homer. The monumental epic is divided into 24 ...

Ongoing excavations at the presumed ruins of Troy in Turkey, however, are uncovering new evidence that could prove that the ...

Timothy Edward Kane stars as The Poet in “An Iliad,” a remount of an adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic poem about the Trojan War that premiered at the Court Theatre in 2011.

This article was originally published with the title “ The Greek of Homer a Living Language ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 26 (March 1853), p. 202 doi:10.1038 ...

Humans are no strangers to kicking back with a cool pint of beer. The Ancient Egyptians, for example, had a hankering for beer that was a little bit tart, almost like a modern-day gose, a lemony beer ...

Olive oil has been around for millennia. Even the ancient Greek poet Homer called it "liquid gold" in his famous epic, "Iliad," And centuries later, Hippocrates, widely regarded as the father of ...