The Odyssey trailer has left me feeling uneasy over Tom Holland moment

Watching the second trailer for The Odyssey today saw an unexpected wave of unease wash over me – and I’m devastated to feel ...

The Fascinating Stories of Dying Tongues

Every language that dies takes with it such fascinating stories. Galer notes that the Karuk language of Native Californians ...

Fiction: ‘A Private Man’ by Stephanie Sy-Quia

Plus “Look What You Made Me Do” by John Lanchester and “A Siege of Owls” by Uchenna Awoke.
Education Week

How a School’s Language Lab Teaches Non-Phonics Reading Skills

A few years ago, Rock Rest Elementary school went all in on phonics. The K-5 school outside of Charlotte, N.C., had been spurred to action by the “science of reading” movement. Teachers and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Unearth a Papyrus Fragment From the ‘Iliad’ Tucked Inside the Wrappings of a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

The excerpt from Homer's epic poem features his catalog of ships, a famous passage listing the Greek forces that sailed to Troy. It may be the first Greek literary text found in the context of mummifi ...

Greek Tragedy’s Untapped Canon

Sophocles’ Theban plays have dominated New York theater lately, but many other ancient dramas are crying out to be shared ...
Greek Reporter

The Ancient Greek Myth That Gave Europe Its Name

Zeus, the king of the Olympian Gods, transformed into a white bull to abduct Europa, the princess who gave her name to the ...
Travel + Leisure on MSN

I Traveled to Athens in Search of the Ancient Greek Storytellers—and Found Some Modern-day Surprises

Beyond the Acropolis, I found Japanese fusion, herbal spa treatments, and some friendly stray cats.
Scientific American

How did humans evolve language? It may be far more ancient than scientists realized

In 2001 scientists studying human language made a breakthrough: by looking at the DNA of a family with a rare speech disability, they found that a mutation in a single gene called FOXP2 were ...

First-of-Its-Kind Discovery: Homer’s Iliad Found Embedded in a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

Researchers discovered an Iliad fragment in a mummy, marking the first literary papyrus used in embalming and offering new ...
The Conversation

Reading shortcuts for children may be popular, but the research doesn’t back them up

This year marks the UK’s National Year of Reading, which aims to rebuild good reading habits and enjoyment as child and adolescent reading declines year on year. Reading enjoyment is at its lowest ...