Despite Thetis’s attempts to separate them ... Penguin Random House. Homer’s “Iliad” is a tragic masterpiece detailing the brutal final weeks of the Trojan War. At the core of the story ...

You know The Iliad – the verbose, forlorn older brother of The Odyssey ... Or perhaps you know of the fighter Achilles, son of the Greek King and Thetis, a sea nymph goddess, whose fable gave the ...

Homer's The Iliad is a landmark of ancient Greek literature, and many famous artists continue to portray it in their artworks ...

Like some weary Beckett character, the Poet in "An Iliad" is compelled to repeat a story she would rather not tell anymore. But she's a professional, she's been doing this for three thousand years ...

with Smith as the goddess Thetis. She played bit roles in Agatha Christie adaptations like Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun; seeing her turn up was always a delight. She played dignified ...