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"Homer" (6 results)
Natalie Haynes stands up for Homer's Iliad, the epic story of the final weeks of the Trojan War.
Natalie tells Homer's epic story of Odysseus's journey home from the Trojan War, stopping off for advent...
Simon Armitage undertakes his own Greek adventure, following in the footsteps of one of his personal heroes, Odysseus, at the same t...
Melvyn Bragg discusses Homer's Odyssey, the epic story of the Greek hero Odysseus' journey back from Troy, and its foundational position in the his...
Episode 1: The Golden Slagheap - Odysseus takes a tip from both his wily grandpa and Penelope's chamber-pot. He falls in love, and the...
Examining poetry that has helped to shape our view of war, and traces its origins back through Tennyson's 'Charge of the Light Brigade' to Homer's c...
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