Achilles’ tales from the Civil War battlefront aren’t so very different than those of Achilles from the front lines of the Trojan War. Thanks to the ancient, epic poet Homer, we can understand ...

The heroes met, and Hector was killed. Achilles himself died at the hand of Paris, whose arrow found his heel, and the war was ended by a trick: Ulysses’ famed stratagem of the wooden horse.

And Snake Island was raised from the sea bed by the goddess Thetis, as a refuge for the soul of her son, Achilles – yes, the hero of the Trojan War, whose heel spawned an ancient aphorism. According ...

Episode 6. videoEpisode 6 Achilles is killed by an arrow to the heel...and Odysseus has a plan for a secret weapon to end the war. The events of the Trojan War are written about in a number of ...

Achilles carries the onslaught into the river ... Spanning days rather than years, the drama of the Iliad is but a snapshot of the Trojan war. Yet, this very transience suggests the nature of ...

In ancient Greek mythology and literature, the Iliad is a cornerstone of Western literary tradition. Among the many characters that populate the pages of this epic poem is Achilles, the formidable ...

Soldiers are different. They are servants of the state. In well-governed countries, they are bound by discipline, the rule of law, and commitment to comrades and organizations—not to ...

Nowadays, few people know that Hermione is a character in Homer's Odyssey. But what is her significance and role in Greek ...

Achilles is killed by a flukey arrow to the heel and Odysseus has a plan for a secret weapon to end the war - a wooden horse. The Old Soldier returns to the prophecy that Achilles will be killed ...