Homer

...the ekphrasis of classical literature - the extended description, not of a play, but of a work of visual art. The first example is in Homer's Iliad. The ekphrasis here is the virtuosic description of the shield of Achilles - the miraculous...

In this article: Alan Bennett, Thetis, Hephaestus, Achilles, Cattle, and Odysseus

...the names of all the kids in the senior class. It's a quick, almost involuntary bit of system analysis; Nicole signed up for Homer and therefore her thesis topic was denied. Orszag allows himself a tiny smile of satisfaction and moves on...

In this article: Peter Orszag, Office of Management and Budget, Salad, United States, Chicken, and E mail

...and left to destroy himself, each after his own fashion. You can argue with this way of reading Homer. You could suggest, for instance, that after Homer's day moral duty became an increasingly complicated, variegated thing -- a matter of...

In this article: Tony Blair, Achilles, Hector, Troy, Horace, La Fontaine, Joseph Addison, and Dow Jones

...of Northwestern University, who has lauded Vickers' work, has used the "search and display" function in his computerized database to analyze Homer's works. With the tool, he's been able to highlight distinctive phrasal repetitions in the...

In this article: William Shakespeare, Brian Vickers, Edward III, Literature, Thomas Kyd, London, and Injunction

..."Macbeth." Rick Miller plays more than 50 characters in "MacHomer," a popular one-man stage play in which the cowardly but ambitious Homer is a funny yet tragic hero, aided and abetted by the faithful Marge, who has always worn the pants...

In this article: Calamity Jane, Boulder, Wart, Lutherans, and Nuclear Power Plant

...of the 16th century. My novels, by the way, are full of lists. SPIEGEL: Accountants make lists, but you also find them in the works of Homer, James Joyce and Thomas Mann. Eco: Yes. But they, of course, aren't accountants. In "Ulysses,"...

In this article: Leopold Bloom, Umberto Eco, James Joyce, Don Giovanni, Wired.com, Ulysses, Twitter, and Lorenzo Da Ponte

...list is certainly prevalent in the postmodern age. It has an irresistible magic. SPIEGEL: But why does Homer list all of those warriors and their ships if he knows that he can never name them all? SPIEGEL: Why do we waste so much time...

In this article: Umberto Eco, Leopold Bloom, James Joyce, Louvre, Don Giovanni, Ulysses, Google, and Lorenzo Da Ponte

...and beaches. Full of history without being boring. After staying here Byron was inspired to fight and die for Greek independence. Ulysses, in Homer's epic tale, struggled for long years to return to this, his island home, turning down the...

In this article: Rome, Dog, The Sunday Telegraph, Cephalonia, Europe, Zamora, Knossos, Taormina, and Dubrovnik

...might say that all western literature comes out of Hom ADVERTISEMENT er and his tales of Troy. For centuries writers have engaged with Homer: from the Athenian tragic dramatists and the Roman Vergil right up to our own time. Sometimes, as...

In this article: Achilles, Priam, David Malouf, Troy, Hector, Patroclus, History, and Hercules

Source: Xlibris Homer's Immortal Character -- Achilles -- Returns to the Battlefield in Gripping Novel -- New Book About the Life and Times of the Legendary Greek Warrior is An Official Entry to This Year's New York Library Association...

In this article: Achilles, Colorado, Literature, Adams State College, and Niagara Falls