For millennia, the epic poems of Homer have profoundly shaped Western literature and thought with their timeless tales of heroism, gods and the enduring human spirit. While The Iliad plunges us into ...

Goodman Theatre’s Chicago premiere of “The Penelopiad” commences with a resounding thwack from a large sack dropping onto the stage. It is the first of several startling moments in artistic director ...

A Universal studio chief recently made headlines by claiming that Homer, the legendary originator of Classical Greek literature, would likely have been proud of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.

Christopher Nolan's next blockbuster is in the works. The acclaimed and award-winning filmmaker is working on an adaption of Homer's epic poem "Odyssey" though it is not yet known how he plans to ...