BBC Culture asked writing experts around the globe to pick stories that have endured across…
Tag: Homer’s Odyssey
In the opening lines of Homer’s Odyssey the wandering hero Odysseus longs for the day…
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of ‘Ulysses’ by Irish writer James Joyce, widely regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. A committed philhellene. Joyce insisted that the cover of ‘Ulysses’ should match the blue of the Greek flag which hung in his Paris apartment.
Nikos Kazantzakis is widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature. He was born in…
While we can’t go overseas at the moment and visit breathtaking Greece, maybe some couch…
The greatest legend ever told, Homer’s Odyssey, is now brought to life in Thessaloniki, Greece…
BBC Culture asked writing experts around the globe to pick stories that have endured across…
