A dreamscape of shimmering blue seas and secret bays hidden by towering cypress trees, the island of Ithaca – a place of ...

Why this, and why now? The Odyssey is an episodic tale of Odysseus’s long journey home – to Ithaca, his wife, father, son and dog – after the Trojan War. The Odyssey, as told once by the bards and now ...

As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...

(Famously, only his dog, Argos, recognizes the adventurer upon ... who plays the lead, Odysseus. (No word yet on who’s playing Penelope.) The Odyssey, which has a $250 million budget (surpassing ...

In Homer’s “Odyssey,” Odysseus is crying when he sees that his dog, Argos, is dying. In Oppian’s “Cynegetica,” the reader is invited to identify with a hunted bear, and we have similes comparing ...

as evidenced by several dog tombstones discovered over the centuries. Argos is the loyal friend of King Odysseus. His master finally returns home after being away on his adventure for twenty years and ...

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” will be partly filmed in Sicily which, according to scholars, was a location for Odysseus’ wanderings in the epic composed by Homer around ...

Homer's tale of mighty Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his perilous journey home after the Trojan War has been one retold several times beyond counting. Now, Oscar-winning filmmaker and director ...