From Homer to Hollywood.

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      Focuses on the story told in "The Iliad," by Homer and how it has been adapted several times, in motion picture, paintings and other media. Speculation that the story itself was adapted by Homer from previous myths, stories and historic events; Description of the poem "The Aeneid," by Virgil; Use of similar themes found in the story in the play "Troilus and Cressida," by William Shakespeare; Various films about Troy, including "The Trojan Women," and "Troy."