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Archaeologists Found a Roman Mosaic in Britain That Tells a Lost Version of the Trojan War

At first, the archaeologists assumed the images came from Homer’s Iliad, the best-known account of the war. The scenes seemed ...

“Lost” Trojan War Story Found in One of Britain’s Greatest Roman Mosaics

An ancient historian at the University of Leicester has found that the Rutland mosaic presents a version of the Trojan War that differs from the story told in Homer’s Iliad. Researchers studying what ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Historians Say This Rare Mosaic Found on a British Farm Depicts Scenes From a Long-Lost Account of the Trojan War

New research suggests that the illustrations may have been based on "Phrygians," a tragedy by the Athenian playwright ...
Connecticut College Arboretum

Musician provides Classics students with a fresh take on Homer’s ‘Iliad’

Almost 3,000 years ago, the Greek poet Homer composed more than 15,000 lines of dactylic hexameter about the Trojan War. An epic poem about the possibly true, possibly legendary Greek siege of the ...

'Helen of Troy': A must-watch prequel for Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'

The 2003 miniseries 'Helen of Troy' is a must-watch for those anticipating Christopher Nolan's epic 'The Odyssey'.

First trailer released for Christopher Nolan’s next blockbuster, The Odyssey

They’re the opening words heard in the first trailer of Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited film adaptation of Homer classic, ...