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Fertile tradition of retelling epic poems of Homer is revived

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Fertile tradition of retelling epic poems of Homer is revived

With these novels, Pat Barker and Michael Hughes revive the long and fertile tradition of retelling Homer’s great epic poems. The Silence of The Girls and Country deliver new and original recitations of ‘The Iliad’ — the final weeks of the Trojan War — in two different but very satisfying and successful ways.

Why do we flock to the four great Sundays of September?

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Why do we flock to the four great Sundays of September?

Live review: Idomeneo - St Canice’s Cathedral Kilkenny

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Live review: Idomeneo - St Canice’s Cathedral Kilkenny

QUIRKY WORLD ... Migrants bike into Norway at Arctic crossing

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QUIRKY WORLD ... Migrants bike into Norway at Arctic crossing

Manuscript returns to Dublin 400 years after leaving

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Manuscript returns to Dublin 400 years after leaving

A fresh look at Byron

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A fresh look at Byron

Bewitched by beauty of a hidden gem in Cyprus

Bewitched by beauty of a hidden gem in Cyprus

TAX evaders take holidays too, and they might want to consider Northern Cyprus for their next vacation.

Sun, 17 Aug, 2014

Beginner's Pluck

MADELINE MILLER was brought up to love books.

Sat, 24 Sep, 2011

Getting to the heart of the cult of the ‘personality’

AHAB and Nemesis.

Mon, 16 Aug, 2010

Trojan set for hat-trick

THE progressive Trojan War will be strongly fancied to complete a hat-trick in the Crowne Plaza Race & Stay Race at Dundalk tonight.

Fri, 09 Oct, 2009

Saajidah set to fulfil promise

KEVIN Prendergast’s Saajidah gets the nap in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Galway tonight.

Sat, 29 Aug, 2009

Pitt to star in 'The Odyssey'

Brad Pitt is set to star in a new adaptation of Greek poet Homer's famous masterpiece 'The Odyssey' - set in outer space.

Sat, 18 Oct, 2008

Pitt to star in 'outer space Odyssey'

Brad Pitt is set to star in a new adaptation of Greek poet Homer's famous masterpiece 'The Odyssey' - set in outer space.

Sat, 18 Oct, 2008

Bloom to appear with Pitt in Iliad film

British actor Orlando Bloom, who stars in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is set to appear in a movie with Hollywood star Brad Pitt.

Thu, 14 Nov, 2002