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Quiz: Are these quotes by Odyssey author Homer or Homer Simpson?

The two most famous Homers ever – but who said these quotes?

Quote of the day by Homer: 'Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is...'

Homer's Odyssey explores the delicate balance of human existence, revealing how unpredictability shapes our lives. The ancient Greeks regarded people as ephemeroi—fleeting beings,...

Homer in an Age of Revisionism

By Ioannis E. Kotoulas, European Conservative. (Image: Public Domain) Homer’s epics are foundational to Western civilization. Their reinterpretation should enrich our understanding...

Hear What Homer’s Odyssey Sounded Like When Sung in the Original Ancient Greek

Image via Wikimedia Commons It’s been a humanist truism for some time to say that Shakespeare speaks to every age, transcending his time and place through the sheer force of his un...

To Sell Homer’s ‘Odyssey,’ Book Publishers Get Creative

The market for the epic poem is as crowded as a certain Ithacan palace, and publishers have had to get crafty to attract readers to their editions.

Homer Is Having a Resurgence—but You Wouldn’t Know It in Higher Ed

Homer Is Having a Resurgence—but You Wouldn’t Know It in Higher Ed Elizabeth Redden Tue, 08/11/2026 - 03:00 AM Popular demand for The Odyssey couldn’t be...

Did Homer Really Exist? The Mystery Historians Still Debate

Scholars have debated for centuries whether the legendary poet was a real person, a collective of storytellers, or a literary invention.

Homer, ‘the origin of practically everything’

Following the screening of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ the classics professor talks about the depiction of the Homeric epics on the big screen

The Odyssey 3: IMAXimum Impact

Speak now, muse, of the ministrations of Damon, friend of Affleck and foe of Kimmel, who bravely grew out his beard for a year.

Odysseus wasn’t real, but he had real worshipers

For nearly 3,000 years, Homer’s “The Odyssey” has reigned as literature’s ultimate road trip.

Hear what the Odyssey may have sounded like as a song

5 Epic Facts About Homer’s ‘Odyssey’

From the lost sequel to the poem's oral roots, here are five things you might not know about the origins and mystique surrounding Homer's epic poem, the 'Odyssey.'

Ulysses’ Restraint by Homer and Ben Zoma but Not by Zionists

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Greek Life

We look at the place of Homer’s epic “Odyssey” in our cultural lives.

Ομήρου επαινέτης

Η «Ιλιάδα» και η «Οδύσσεια» απαγγέλλονταν αιώνες επί αιώνων σε αγώνες και πανηγύρια του αρχαίου κόσμου. Χιλιάδες ραψωδοί διεκδίκησαν βραβείο στα Μεγάλα Παναθήναια από την εποχή των...

Odysseus Finally Returns Home After 20 Years And Oh No! Penelope Is Out Of Baking Powder And Needs Him To Run Out Again...

ITHACA — Upon finally returning home after a desperate 20-year journey, Odysseus was informed by his wife Penelope that she was out of baking powder, and she asked if he could plea...

What Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ Tells Us About the Economics of the Bronze Age

The epic poem describes events around the sacking of Troy.

Sing to me, Muse, of two Moshes and their Odysseys!

If you have read any one of the at least 60 English translations of Homer’s Odyssey or have seen Christopher Nolan’s new Odyssey movie, then you are probably aware that Odysseus le...

Odysseus notes

The subsection of the Georgi Gospodinov novel runs like this: The Shortest Novel About Odysseus After His Return Home One night, now old and flabby and starting to forget, he leave...