Both art forms encourage us, the listeners, to react, reflect and ultimately select with which speaker to side.

And as I read, I couldn’t help but wonder: If Donald Trump were a character in the “Iliad,” who would he be? A very brief reminder of the main plot points. The Greeks have been besieging ...

Over the years, some 100 people have translated the entire “Iliad” into English ... evokes the complex emotions of three separate characters — the frightened baby, the woman, the man ...