At first, the archaeologists assumed the images came from Homer’s Iliad, the best-known account of the war. The scenes seemed ...

The question of Helen’s involvement in the Trojan War clearly poses difficult questions—and has done so ever since the age of ...

An ancient historian at the University of Leicester has found that the Rutland mosaic presents a version of the Trojan War that differs from the story told in Homer’s Iliad. Researchers studying what ...

New research suggests that the illustrations may have been based on "Phrygians," a tragedy by the Athenian playwright ...

A newfound mosaic draws inspiration from "Phrygians," a play by the Athenian playwright Aeschylus that survives only in bits ...

The Trojan War was celebrated by legendary authors like Homer, who told the tale of the large wooden horse that tricked the soldiers of Troy. In the stories, Paris, the son of a Trojan King, ran away ...

Learn how a mosaic in Britain preserves a rare telling of the Trojan War once attributed to the playwright Aeschylus.

In 2020, a farmer in England's Rutland county notified authorities about the possibility that there was a Roman villa located on his property. A subsequent investigation carried out by the University ...

A rare mosaic found beneath a farmer's field actually depicts a different historical tale than researchers previously thought. It was initially believed the mosaic - which was discovered in Rutland - ...

Ancient Greek story of Ajax, a triumphant Greek hero of the Trojan War who was driven to suicide, powerfully explores the ...

Christopher Nolan’s 'The Odyssey' teaser trailer reveals Matt Damon’s epic journey home after the Trojan War, featuring a star-studded cast.

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is an adaptation of the epic story by the ancient Greek poet Homer. It details King ...