Video Lectures:

• https://youtu.be/R2GOTdWvrtM (The Iliad of Homer)

Documentaries:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kSPJGKuFYk (The True Story of Troy An Ancient War Documentary)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx0tQojZNIU (Troy Story in Animation)

General Resources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer (Homer Wiki)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad (Iliad Wiki)
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Homer-Greek-poet (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

Sample Questions:

1. Discuss Homer’s portrayal of the gods in “Book1” of The Iliad.
2. How do the conflicts between mortals compare and contrast to the conflicts between the gods in “Book 1” of The Iliad.
3. In what ways are Achilles’s and Agamemnon’s characterizations of each other in “Book1” of The Iliad?
4. Why do the “glittering gifts” Athena foretells for Achilles in “Book1” of The Iliad prove worthless?
5. How do the first few lines of The Iliad preview the conflict, setting and characters of the poem?
6. Homer’s The Iliad is one of the major epic poems. – Discuss.

Online Annotated Text

1. Online annotated text from genius.com
2. Online text with an introduction from gutenberg.org

Audio Text

1. Audio Text from Old Library Audio books

Theatrical Productions

• “Ghosts” (Judi Dench) Part 1 of 4
• “Ghosts” (Judi Dench) part 2 of 4
• “Ghosts” (Judi Dench) Part 3 of 4
• “Ghosts” (Judi Dench) Part 4 of 4

Maps

• Character Map

Cultural Documentaries

• Henrik Ibsen: The Master Playwright documentary (1987)
• BBC documentary on Henrik Ibsen
• NORWAY (Documentary, Discovery, History)

Audio/Video Lectures

• Henrik Ibsen (In Our Time) by BBC Podcasts
• Ibsen and Brecht by Prof. Anand Prakash
• Literary Modernism (In Our Time) by BBC Podcasts
• The Modernist Movement by Prof. Anand Prakash
• Modernism and Modernity Theories by Dr. M.P. Jain

Scholarly Articles:

• The Story of Henrik Ibsen
• Modern Breakthrough
• Well-made play
• Naturalism in the Theatre
• Quintessence of Ibsenism
• Ibsen’s Treatment of Women