Homer
‘Peering into the eyes of the past’: reconstruction reveals face of woman who lived before Trojan war
Digital technology reveals ‘incredibly modern’ royal who lived 3,500 years ago in kingdom associated with Helen of Troy
Dalya Alberge
05, Apr, 2025 @10:35 AM
‘At 60, the bulk of your life is lived. What’s left now?’ Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey
The actor and director on why The Return took 30 years to make, their joy at persuading Juliette Binoche to join them – and the punishing regime that earned Fiennes his battle-scarred physique
Tom Shone
28, Mar, 2025 @5:00 AM
The Voyage Home by Pat Barker audiobook review – beware the grief of Clytemnestra
The story of Agamemnon’s fateful return to Mycenae is vividly captured in a retelling of The Iliad that gives Homer’s women a voice
Fiona Sturges
21, Mar, 2025 @12:00 PM
Sandalheimer: can Christopher Nolan restore the grandeur of ancient-world epics?
Once a prestige genre with lavish spectacle and global stars, it’s since grown pretty dusty and drear. But Nolan’s Odyssey may yet revive its bronzed vigour
Ben Child
21, Feb, 2025 @11:58 AM
Fee, fi, fo…Trump: how an ogre won back the White House
Large, fearsome, gluttonous and cruel: Donald Trump is the archetypal ogre. So how did he manage to stomp back for a second term?
Edward Docx
20, Jan, 2025 @10:00 AM
Christopher Nolan’s next film announced as ‘mythic action epic’ The Odyssey
The Oppenheimer director’s adaptation of Homer is scheduled for release in the summer of 2026, and will feature Tom Holland, Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya
Andrew Pulver
24, Dec, 2024 @11:46 AM
‘We recognise it in this very primal way’: Stephen Fry, Brie Larson, Chris Ofili and more on why we can’t get enough of Greek mythology
Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by ancient classics, from The Hunger Games to a Santana hit
Introduction by Charlotte Higgins
24, Nov, 2024 @10:00 AM
Odyssey by Stephen Fry review – a jaunty version of Homer
The last in Fry’s four-book retelling of the Greek myths is relatable and full of humour
Sam Leith
04, Oct, 2024 @6:30 AM
James Joyce’s glorious lists and pop’s place at the Proms | Letters
Letters: Mary Adams says nobody compiled lists in literature quite like the Irish novelist. Plus a letter from Dr Richard Carter
27, Sep, 2024 @4:03 PM
The Voyage Home by Pat Barker review – a brilliant finale to the Trojan war trilogy
This third volume brings a characteristic blend of brusque wisdom and piercing compassion to the stories of Cassandra and Clytemnestra
Clare Clark
07, Aug, 2024 @6:30 AM
The Guardian view on list-making: a habit that is part of what makes us human | Editorial
Editorial: From Homeric epic to the novels of today, the history of literature shows that there is nothing trivial about a list
Editorial
04, Aug, 2024 @5:25 PM
The Odyssey: It’s a Really, Really, Really Long journey review – dynamic retelling of Homer for all ages
Breathtaking set design and transportive music drive a family-friendly musical of the epic Greek myth
Kit Buchan
07, Apr, 2024 @10:30 AM
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