When Yannis Ritsos passed away on November 11, 1990, the world of poetry lost one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. A prominent and prolific Greek poet with international appeal, Ritsos ...

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With major wars raging in Europe and the Middle East and with the U.S. Veterans Day upon us, perhaps it is time to re-engage with the magnum opus of war poetry, Homer's "The Iliad." A new ...

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Such was Chimaera’s fate. Ancient Greek poet Homer wrote in his epic “Iliad” that Lycian king Iobates tasked Bellerophon (best known for riding the winged horse Pegasus) to kill Chimaera.

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