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It’s a heartening, humanistic thesis that even a rather dull dude like Chuck has an inner life that rivals “The Iliad.”

Thrace’s tribes were wealthy and sophisticated, cited in “The Iliad” as allies of the Trojans who arrived in gilded chariots.

Dramatically, “Memnon” feels as if a section of “The Iliad” were being theatrically illustrated.

The play begins where “The Iliad” leaves off, after the death of Hector.

Giovanni Nucci, the author of The Gods at Six O'Clock, which explains the Iliad from the perspective of the gods, told Il Messaggero: "It's fantastic."