And Then I Read: AGE OF BRONZE 30

Images © Eric Shanower.

While Eric continues to tell the massive epic story from Homer's "Iliad," he's making it even larger by including other related works, even those not from Greek mythology at all, as in this issue's focus, the romantic couple Troilus and Cressida, brought together for a lover's tryst by the scheming Pandarus. This story first appeared in mediaeval times, most notably in a poem by Chaucer and a play by Shakespeare, the latter being, I think, the main source here. It's an ...