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World on their shoulders, Greeks face epic choice - Washington Post

World on their shoulders, Greeks face epic choice
Washington Post
ATHENS — Homeward bound after the Trojan War, Odysseus of Greek myth had to pick a path through seas harboring a monster with six heads and a whirlpool that digested ships whole. Now, whether modern Greece exits the euro — potentially triggering ...
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Florentine's 'Idomeneo': Fine performances, uneven production - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


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Florentine's 'Idomeneo': Fine performances, uneven production
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The opera's story, set in about 1200 BC in the aftermath of the Trojan War, expresses the timeless clash between cultures and religions, as well as between victor and vanquished, in the love between the son of the victorious king and one of his postwar ...
The Florentine's powerful “Idomeneo” ThirdCoast Digest

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Networks embark with Odysseus - C21Media


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Networks embark with Odysseus
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The first six episodes are based on the book, which begins in 8BC, 10 years after the end of the Trojan war. Odysseus, king of Ithaca, has still not returned home and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus are struggling to maintain order.

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What are you reading now? - MiamiHerald.com


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What are you reading now?
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“I just reread Homer's The Iliad because of my book, which really sort of resurrected the Trojan War in my mind. I've read parts of it in Greek in my college days, and I wanted to reread it. It is the most stunning description of war ever, ...

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LADY TROJANS FALL IN FINAL: New Hope softball loses to Wayne County - The Commercial Dispatch

LADY TROJANS FALL IN FINAL: New Hope softball loses to Wayne County
The Commercial Dispatch
With Ravean Matthews and Pickens as the table-setters at the top of the Lady War Eagles' lineup, speed is a weapon. Pressure is the byproduct. Pickens showed Saturday how deadly that weapon can be coupled with the right attitude.

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Community opposes proposed West Marin charter school - Bay Area Indymedia

Community opposes proposed West Marin charter school
Bay Area Indymedia
by Robert O. DURING the Trojan War, King Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter to appease the goddess Artemis and get wind for his ships. He literally sacrificed everything for his victory. His wife killed him when he returned home with his lover.

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Not (Just) Another Reading List - TIME (blog)


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Not (Just) Another Reading List
TIME (blog)
Simply put, the best book about the human element of war I know. In the ninth year of the Trojan War, Achilles decides to sit out a while after King Agamemnon dishonors him. Things go poorly for the Greeks. Achilles's best friend Patroclus is killed ...

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National praise builds anticipation at Wisconsin's American Players Theatre - Sacramento Bee

National praise builds anticipation at Wisconsin's American Players Theatre
Sacramento Bee
"Troilus" unfolds during the Trojan War, and the young love of the title characters is among its casualties, along with decency and truth. On a larger canvas, "Troilus" continues last season's meditation on war and remembrance in "The Cure at Troy.

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Tina Packer delivers a 'Troilus and Cressida' of shadows and light - Boston Globe


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Tina Packer delivers a 'Troilus and Cressida' of shadows and light
Boston Globe
Packer's approach makes sense for Shakespeare's dark, astringent take on those twin follies, love and war. “Troilus and Cressida'' offers a decidedly nonheroic view of the Trojan War, which Homer, in the “Iliad,'' depicted more glamorously.
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Trojan Tribune: Marvel's: The Avengers - my.hsj.org

Trojan Tribune: Marvel's: The Avengers
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Thor, who at the beginning of the film is very pompous, finds that a true king does whatever to avoid war, not seek it. His brother, Loki, who is the antagonist in The Avengers, shows his true intentions for power, and his striving to get more.

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