Believe it or not, the world's first author was a woman! A short, illustrated video tells the story of Enheduanna, a Sumerian princess, priestess, and poet who is credited as being the first author. 

Could the lovely Circe be even more frightening than a towering Cyclops? Odysseus and his men certainly don't think so—until it's too late. Hear about the adventures, temptations, and piggish punishments on Circe's island with an audio...

This giant's got an eye on you! Travel to the bountiful depths of the Cyclops cave with Odysseus—or Nobody—in an audio excerpt of Homer's Odyssey. Learners follow along with the text transcript of the story as they read about Odysseus's...

The winding, incredible, seemingly never-ending adventure of Odysseus can be overwhelming to young readers. An engaging audio version of Homer's Odyssey introduces listeners to the fundamentals of the story without Homer's elevated...

Is Virgil's Aeneid, as Augustus believed, written in praise of the first Roman emperor, or a criticism of his rule? Introduce the famous epic poem with a short video that provides background information about the poet, the historic...

Lions, and tigers, and bears, oh, my! Sorcerers, cyclops, and drugs, oh, my! Matt Kaplan theorizes that there might be a scientific basis for some of the events in the Odyssey, that Circe might actually have been a chemist and have mixed...

The narrator begins his presentation on The Odyssey with background information about Homer, the Trojan Wars, the oral tradition, epic poetry, and plot summaries of The Illiad and The Odyssey. And all in under four minutes. The narrator...

Before the keystone there was the corbel arch. Join your architecture and humanities classes in an exploration of the engineering and architectural developments of the Mycenaeans, the predecessors of early Greeks. A combination of...

In which John Green teaches you about Homer's Odyssey. The Journey of Odysseus as he made his way home after the conclusion of the Trojan War is the stuff of legend. John will teach you about the double standard in Greek culture,...

Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode is about "The Odyssey" by Homer. Experts discuss the impact and meaning of the work. Listening requires RealPlayer.