Homer

New findings that will shed light on the 10-year Trojan War, mentioned by Homer in his epic “Iliad,” were unearthed during excavations in the 5,000-year-old ancient city of Troy in the northwestern province of Çanakkale’s Tevfikiye village.

This is a map showing where all of the characters originated in Homer’s epic poem The Iliad. I know Greece is small by today’s standards, but it was surprising to me how geographically widespread the hometowns of the characters were. The Iliad is set sometime in the 11th or 12th century BC, about 400 years before Homer lived.

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Troy, a performance based on Homer's epic poem Iliad that recounts a story from the Trojan War, can be enjoyed at the National Palace of Culture (NDK) in Sofia on October 21.

In Varna, Troy will be shown two days later, on October 25, at the Palace of Culture and Sports.

Scientists and researchers of the University of Athens attempted once more to date the Homeric epics, Iliad and Odyssey, based on the study of natural phenomena which were described by Homer in his poems, in relation to the real, recorded scientific and astronomical phenomena.

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66 actors undertook the ambitious reading of the Iliad thanks to Cambridge classics professor Simon Goldhill. More than 50,000 people watched online as the ambitious reading took place on August 14 in front of live audiences at the British Museum. Now, the project can be enjoyed at Almeida’s website until September 21, 2016.

More than 50,000 people have visited the exhibition at the Museum Cycladic "Hygeia: Health, Sickness and Treatment from Homer to Galen," that kicked off at the Museum of Cycladic Art on November 19. The display, set to run until May 31, has already met with a great deal of interest.

On the night of Thursday, February 5th, anyone can visit the Museum of Cycladic Art at night to partake in the wonderful exhibitions.

From 21:00 until midnight, visitors can attend the exhibitions of ” BEYOND. Death and Afterlife in Ancient Greece” and “Hygieia. Health, Illness, Treatment from Homer to Galen”.