Yahoo: Passage from Homer’s Iliad discovered in the abdomen of a Roman-era Egyptian mummy
Passage from Homer’s Iliad discovered in the abdomen of a Roman-era Egyptian mummy
Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 1,600-year-old Roman-era mummy containing a papyrus fragment from Homer’s Iliad, marking the first time a Greek literary text has been found deliberately ...
AOL: Archaeologists stunned to find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy
Archaeologists have found a papyrus copy of Homer’s Iliad in the gut of an ancient Egyptian mummy, the first time ever that a Greek literary text has been found incorporated into the preservation ...
Archaeologists stunned to find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy
The Jerusalem Post on MSN: Fragment of Homer's Iliad discovered inside Roman-era mummy during Egypt excavations
Most people figure that when Homer finished writing The Iliad, publishing houses were breaking down his door to get first crack at it. Nothing could be further from the truth. When Homer put the ...
Homer’s Iliad is usually thought of as the first work of European literature, and many would say, the greatest. It tells part of the saga of the city of Troy and the war that took place there. In fact ...
This week in the magazine, Daniel Mendelsohn reviews a new version of Homer’s Iliad, translated by Stephen Mitchell. He also discusses the translation and his piece in this week’s Out Loud podcast. A ...
Daily Maverick: An Iliad: War’s horror and heroism in Alan Committie’s take on Homer’s epic
An Iliad: War’s horror and heroism in Alan Committie’s take on Homer’s epic