By the time Penthesilea encounters Achilles (Sam Shea) again and manages to strike him in his one mortal body part, Priam's family and Troy as a whole are in decline despite her best efforts.

Throughout the novel, gods briefly appear to Priam and Achilles, never fully recognized for what they are until they have vanished. In a similar way, Malouf moves seamlessly between what is mythic ...

The legend will live” claim ads for Warner Bros. $200-million-plus epic “Troy,” inspired by Homer’s “The Iliad,” which chronicles the Trojan War. But how closely does the film resemble ...

Achilles, too, admired Dardanian Priam, Viewing his goodly aspect, giving ear Unto his words. But when they had looked their fill At one another, first unto his host The venerable, ...

Priam asks Achilles to see the grieving father in him, Priam, and to return Hector’s body. And against the odds, Achilles, moved by Priam’s words and the old man’s courage, does as Priam ...

At Achilles’ knees, Priam supplicates: “Revere the gods, Achilles, and have pity upon me, remembering your father; for I am yet more pitiful, ...

Priam asks Achilles to see the grieving father in him, Priam, and to return Hector’s body. And against the odds, Achilles, moved by Priam’s words and the old man’s courage, does as Priam ...