The Women of Troy opens with warriors crouched, silent, and waiting in the belly of the Trojan Horse, "packed tight as olives in a jar." The city is breached, and Pyrrhus, son of the dead hero ...
Some stories in Greek myths are about battles and heroism. Others are about love and the power of human connection. The story ...
The Trojan War is a legend that sprang from a distant memory of a real Greek incursion into the Bronze Age city of Troy (in modern day Türkiye). This may have taken the form of annual piracy raids and ...
Honorary Professor of Classics and Ancient History, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland The Trojan War is a legend that sprang from a distant memory of a real ...