Penelope spends most of the 24 books of Homer’s “Odyssey” waiting. While her husband, Odysseus, spends two decades fighting ...

The Odyssey is an ancient epic poem traditionally attributed to the Greek poet Homer. The monumental epic is divided into 24 ...

Penn classics professor Emily Wilson is back in the spotlight, thanks in part to Christopher Nolan. The Oppenheimer director recently announced an adaptation of The Odyssey as his next project, ...

When narratologists talk of the “seven basic plots” that dominate all literary traditions, “voyage and return” is one, and the Odyssey is the absolute ur-text ... s 24 books are handled ...

From border narratives that go beyond the immigration debate to coming-of-age quasi-musicals with puppets; from a western ...

Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart,” Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote in a 1903 letter to Franz Xaver Kappus, a 19-year-old military cadet. “Try to ...

Dozens of A-listers abandoned their luxurious California mansions and fled for their lives after the fires ignited, with many ...

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From Boston Opera Collaborative's "Missed Connections" to quartet Yarn/Wire at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, WBUR arts critic Lloyd Schwartz highlights the concerts and productions he's looking ...

Water is one of the world’s most valuable resources, yet it is under constant threat due to climate change and resulting drought, explosive population growth, and waste. One of the most promising ...

With a book, it’s mandatory. And winter is the time to embrace ... despite containing only a few ink drawings of trees. Its impact was in its text, describing a secret world where trees do things like ...

The production budget for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey has reportedly been revealed, and it’s ...