Mar 01, 2021 · RICHMOND LATTIMORE was professor emeritus of Greek at Bryn Mawr College at the time of his death in 1984. He was coeditor (with David Grene) of The Complete Greek Tragedies, translator of Greek Lyrics, and author of Poems from Three Decades, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

《伊利亚特》（古希臘語： Ἰλιάς Iliás ，英語： Iliad ）又译《伊利昂纪》（取自书名“伊利昂城下的故事”之意），是古希腊诗人荷马的強弱弱格六音步史诗。 故事背景设在特洛伊战争，是希腊 城邦之间的冲突，军队对特洛伊城（伊利昂）圍困了十年之久，故事讲述了国王阿伽门农与英雄阿喀 ...

According to the Iliad, Hector did not approve of war between the Greeks and the Trojans.. For ten years, the Achaeans besieged Troy and their allies in the east. Hector commanded the Trojan army, with a number of subordinates including Polydamas, and his brothers Deiphobus, Helenus and Paris.By all accounts, Hector was the best warrior the Trojans and their allies could field, …

The Iliad (/ ˈ ɪ l i ə d /; Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς, romanized: Iliás, Attic Greek: ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Odyssey, the poem is divided into 24 books and contains 15,693 lines in its most widely accepted version, and was ...

The word ekphrasis, or ecphrasis, comes from the Greek for the written description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical or literary exercise, often used in the adjectival form ekphrastic.It is a vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art, either real or imagined.Thus, "an ekphrastic poem is a vivid description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art."

In Greek mythology, Achilles (/ ə ˈ k ɪ l iː z / ə-KIL-eez) or Achilleus (Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς) was a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and the central character of Homer's Iliad.He was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia.. Achilles' most notable feat during the Trojan War was the slaying of the Trojan prince Hector outside the gates ...

The Odyssey (/ ˈ ɒ d ə s i /; Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia, Attic Greek: [o.dýs.seː.a]) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Iliad, the poem is divided into 24 books.It follows the Greek hero Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his journey ...

Ancient Greece. Hecatombs were offered to Greek gods Hera, Athena, and Apollo during special religious ceremonies. At the end of the Olympic Games, a hecatomb was also offered to Zeus at Olympia.. In the Iliad hecatombs are described formulaically. The following is one instance, from Samuel Butler's translation: [T]hey arranged the holy hecatomb all orderly round the altar of …

Aeschylus (UK: / ˈ iː s k ɪ l ə s /, US: / ˈ ɛ s k ɪ l ə s /; Greek: Αἰσχύλος Aiskhýlos; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is largely based on inferences made from reading his surviving plays.

Iliad hay Ilias (tiếng Hy Lạp cổ: Ἰλιάς, Iliás, “Bài ca thành Ilion”) là một thiên sử thi Hy Lạp cổ đại được cho là của Homer sáng tác. Sử thi gồm 15.693 dòng (phiên bản hiện đại tiêu chuẩn), chia làm 24 quyển, được viết bằng ngôn ngữ Hy Lạp Homer, hay ngôn ngữ Hy Lạp sử thi, theo thể sáu nhịp daktylos, và ...