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Brief biography of ancient Greek poet Homer, known as author of two earliest European literature.

Homer describes and names the dead human body as a whole, unified entity, even though he does not describe or name the active or passive body in the same way.

Poet Christopher Logue, who doesn't speak Ancient Greek, has produced a radical new poem based on The Iliad with the help of Homeric scholar Donald Carne-Ross.

Homer does not describe or name the active living human body as a whole, unified entity. His description is of a fragmented body and various powers of motivation.

Homer describes the parts of the passive living human body as being interrelated, but he does not describe or name the passive body as a whole, unified entity.

The Sumerians spent a great deal of time developing many innovations that would forever change the course of civilization.

Fierce, single-breasted warriors and expert horse riders, known to kill their male offspring, Amazons are central to Greek mythology but their origin is still debated.

It's the night before the exam, and you haven't looked at your notes yet. Now is not the time to panic. Selective revision gives results even with only an hour to spare.

These two children of Zeus represent the two sides of war: violence and mayhem and tactics and strategy.

Age of Bronze draws on many sources to make a coherent epic out of Greek mythology. Eric Shanower's painstaking research and storytelling skill have won him much praise.

Usborne publishing has packed a great deal into this Greek myths book, providing an interesting insight into two of Homer's great works - the Iliad and the Odyssey.

One finds it truly difficult to escape references to ancient Greek myths in modern popular culture. The Chimera is an interesting example of this phenomenon.

You've heard of it, but do you know the whole story of the Trojan Horse?

Veda Vyasa was the biological father of the brothers whose children fought against each other in the Great War. Later Vyasa dictated the epic to Ganesh.

Brief biography and works of Virgil, the greatest poet of Ancient Rome.

Troy once dominated the strategic waterways connecting the Aegean and Black Seas. Destroyed several times, the ruins today hardly reflect the great status Troy once held.

History served as a tool for both inspiration and education for the cultures and Greece and Rome.

For more than 8000 years wine has been referenced in literature. From the world's earliest writers to the quips of today's wits, the essence of wine has been recorded.

Just what did 300 get right where the terrible Troy went wrong? A comparative review of the films and their sources.

Greek heroes were a fascinating lot. Here are a few of the more important ones.

From Troy, Greece, Rome, Europe, and Africa, fighting Amazons intrigue us. What can history tell us about the legendary fierce woman warriors of the ancient past?

In modern-day movies, is it difficult to distinguish the heroes from the villains? A few decades ago classic movie westerns presented a much different image of heroes.

The Itihasas and the Puranas are full of stirring mythological narratives of avatars of the Supreme Being.

Hellenic prayer provides a give-and-take context for the relationship between a worshiper and the Hellenic Gods.

Short biography of Alexander Pope, wrote Ode on Solitude before 12, best known for his satirical poems, also translated Homer and Horace

Findlay's Inforthewin got first place cheers for the first time at the Henry County Fair in Napoleon on August 19. Her trainer, driver, and co-owner is H.D. Schoonover.

Pictorial symbols, used for religious purposes, would become phonetic characters out of necessity for something simpler, leading to the first written language, and epic

When the weather outside begins to cool off for the year, and the next rain or snow storm begins to set in, it is nice to have a good book list to curl up with.

In this unique book, Ole M. Høystad analyses the construction of the Western heart throughout the ages, and its continuing importance today.

A Zogby International poll suggests Americans can name the 3 Stooges but not the 3 branches of government.

Director Danny Boyle has tapped Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) to write the script for DreamWorks Animation's Truckers.

While pictorial tattoos can be beautiful, there are some things that can only be represented by words.

Antonio Banderas battles cavemen in medieval Russia. And other Hollywood silliness.

Teen historical fiction is on the rise, with more and more absorbing stories and series' arriving in bookstores every season.

The Trojan War, according to Greek Myth, pitted the Greeks against the Trojans. The war was at first fought over Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman on Earth.

"Sorry Cassandra, I didn't believe you really had the power. I only saw it as dreams you would weave. Until the final hour." Abba- Cassandra (1982)

The Sony Reader Electronic Book uses a digital display with paper-like qualities for e-book reading. Does this digital book reader spell the end for paper print?

Professor Elizabeth Samet's book Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature through Peace and War at West Point.

Champion whinger or sensitive, new-age guy? An introduction to Catullus, one of the first love poets of the Latin language.

Wollie Shelley, the most unlikely of detectives, must discover who killed a soap opera mogul in order to save her best friend, in the mystery book Dead Ex.

Island-hopping around Greece can be an organisational nightmare. See the ancient treasures and classical sights without the modern-day pain on an easyCruise.

Countless books have been turned into films, but these authors lead the pack.

Boxwood, the wintergreen garden shrub, is the world's oldest ornamental garden landscape plant, perfect for hedge planting and topiary.

Hellenismos is part of a growing movement of Pagan reconstructionism. Practitioners successfully blend ancient Greek beliefs and practices with modern sensibilities.

In his essay 'Cybernetics and Ghosts', Italo Calvino argues that literature is mechanistic, signs, formulas, and codes of convention, rejecting notions of inspiration.

Ovid wanted to retell part of Virgil's Aeneid in his own way. But his Heroides doesn't change the Dido and Aeneas story, one of many tales in Ovid's early poem.

The Kalamatiano is easily the most representative dance of the Greek culture. Learn about its origins, style, steps, and performance.

Despite inaccurately crediting Cortez as the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean, John Keats' otherwise skillful sonnet has pleased readers for centuries.

Before the age of the novel, much of history and literature was written in narrative verse. With the resurgence of book-length poems, we return to our Homeric roots.

The Prose Edda consists of a Prologue, the Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál, and Háttatal. It is a key surviving source of Norse mythology and the kennings of Viking poetry.