In a new remount of Charles Newell's critically acclaimed 2011 production, Timothy Edward Kane brings blistering rage to this ...

However, by the end of the “Iliad,” Achilles appears to have finally become self-aware, to learn something important about himself and to change, perhaps even to soften; ...

But “The Iliad” is not, of course, a poem purely about the clash of men. As Wilson deftly explains in her introduction to the new volume, the epic does not tell the story of the Trojan War.

The “Iliad" offers many archetypes of masculinity, not just the performative machismo that Achilles and Agamemnon display. We see the persuasive tongue of Odysseus in action when, in Book 2, he ...

AMNA NAWAZ: Achilles and Hector, Helen of Troy and King Priam, the world of "The Iliad," one of the foundational works of Western literature and thought.

Achilles is still dragging the corpse of Patroclus’s killer, Hector, around the city walls every day, and still refusing to eat, drink or have sex — the normal activities of mortals.

What makes this show a candidate for the best solo show in Chicago theater history is that the telling comes at great cost to the teller.

Greek mythology fans and history buffs can go back to where it all started with Emily Wilson’s brand-new translation of Homer’s ’The Iliad,’ the original story of Achilles and the Trojan War.

I saw on Twitter that you got tattoos of Achilles’ horses Xanthus and Ballus. Why did you choose them? I love the horses. I love so many different characters in the Iliad, but they’re ...

The Greek classic’s latest translator Emily Wilson suggests that some of Homer’s lessons are still all too relevant. Reporter Homer‘s The Iliad is currently on Usha Vance’s reading list ...