Achilles
Russia's Flagship in the Black Sea has been Heavily Damaged
An explosion has seriously damaged the Russian missile cruiser "Moskva" (Moscow), to whose crew the Ukrainian border guards defending Snake Island wished: "Russian warship, go f*** yourself!" ("Русский военный корабль, иди нахуй!")
Richard III archaeologists strike again with Roman mosaic
A team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester in central England certainly appear to have the golden touch.
Historians examining ancient sarcophagus find depictions of Trojan War
A marble sarcophagus believed to date back to the second century Roman Empire era and unearthed in 2015 in an olive garden in the northwestern province of Bursa's İznik district has been determined to be telling the story of the Trojan War.
Troy: Power of the image, triumph of the word
In the beginning was the wind. The wind that precedes humanity and will survive us. The wind that brought the Achaeans and Danaans and other Greek warriors to the shore of Asia Minor to conquer Troy, the wind that obstructed their campaign until their lead king sacrificed a daughter to the cause. Without the wind turning there would have been no war, there would be no poem.
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Penthesilea | Athens | To February 23
Director Pantelis Dentakis has taken up the challenge of working with one of the masterpieces of romantic theater, Heinrich von Kleist's "Penthesilea," inspired by the mutual passion between the mythical Amazon queen and Achilles at Troy, to address the question: Can one fall in love with one's enemy?
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Penthesilea | Athens | February 14-23
Director Pantelis Dentakis has taken up the challenge of working with one of the masterpieces of romantic theater, Heinrich von Kleist's "Penthesilea," inspired by the mutual passion between the mythical Amazon queen and Achilles at Troy, to address the question: Can one fall in love with one's enemy?
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1,800-year-old mosaic found in ancient city of Perge
A 1,800-year-old mosaic, which showed the sacrifice of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra during the Trojan War in Greek mythology, was found at excavation works in the ancient city of Perge in Turkey's Mediterranean region.