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The keyword Homer is tagged in the following 3 articles.

Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Plays of Shakespeare
December 31, 2009 - 4547 words | English » Shakespeare
The number of ancient sources available to the readers and playwrights of Elizabethan times was truly immeasurable. These sources could be reached both as original texts in Greek and Latin, and in French and English translations. Popular indirect sources were translations... Read Article »

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Shakespeare William Ovid Metamorphosis Metamorphoses Greek Mythology Classic Literature Elizabethan Plays Richard II Richard III Theater Hamlet Titus Andronicus The Odyssey Homer The Illiad Midsummer Night's Dream Marlowe Marlow Christopher Marlowe
Confrontation with Death Illuminates Death's Mystery in the Odyssey
November 28, 2009 - 1396 words | English » Ancient Greek Literature
Even in fairy tales and fantastical legends, the trespassing of the breathing upon the domain of the spirits is rare. It is a disturbing idea; when the dead visit our world, we can at least find comfort in numbers. Yet the hero Odysseus braves the unknown and looks... Read Article »

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Ancient Greek Literature Homer Classics The Odyssey Odysseus Hades
The Emobidment of Human Tragedy in the Illiad
November 23, 2009 - 1285 words | English » Ancient Greek Literature
Why raise the curtain on this 45 day by 45 night saga? In a story whose ending everybody knows already, why choose these actions of these characters to expound upon? The Iliad is not a war tale one might tell in which friends love friends, who in conjunction hate... Read Article »

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Ancient Greek Literature The Illiad Classics Homer Epics Patroclus Achilles Hector