Over the past decade, modern retellings of myths have exploded in popularity, becoming a staple of both young adult and adult fiction. Jennifer Saint, author of a well-received retelling of the myth ...

Assembling a new book of ancient stories translated by great writers, Of Gods and Men, I was surprised to discover how prevalent the tale of the Trojan War has been down the ages.Authors as ...

Did the Greeks really use chariots how Homer describes in his account of the Trojan War, or did Homer just misrepresent ...

Backstories are reinacted. The characters mentioned are many and their long and complicated histories are hard to follow at times. And over-told. Certainly, the story-teller is long-winded. But his ...

Review: 'The Trojan War Museum,' By Ayşe Papatya Bucak Ayşe Papatya Bucak's debut collection is full of musical, lyrical stories that occupy a dreamscape of Turkish culture, art history and ...

Homer first wrote of the Trojan war in The Iliad, a story filled with enduring characters: Helen, Paris, Achilles, Hector and Odysseus, to name but a few. Author Barry Strauss revisits the classic ...

The Trojan War Museum: And Other Stories Ayse Papatya Bucak. Norton, $24.95 (216p) ISBN 978-1-324-00297-0 ...

Natalie Haynes's new book tells the epic story of the Trojan War from the perspectives of the women involved in it. And that means all the women — from Troy and Sparta, goddesses, Amazons and more.