Homer’s The Odyssey isn’t just an ancient story—it’s the blueprint for Western literature. Written in the 8th century BCE and set in a mythic version of Greece, this epic poem weaves ...
But the ancient epics of the cultures they engendered, including the Hindu Rigveda and Homer’s Iliad, suggest that they glorified battle and expanded through colonization. Archaeological ...
As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...
Like shadow puppetry, Kamasan painting used the ancient epics and mythological stories as inspiration. Heralding from a village of the same name in east Bali, this painting style has been ...