The story of the Trojan War is immortalized in Homer's epic of epic poems, the Iliad, and brought to new life in Caroline Alexander's The War That Killed Achilles. Through the hero Achilles, the Iliad draws on the true nature of what it means to be a soldier, to fight a bloody conflict whose hallmarks are not honor and glory so much as deception, betrayal, petulance, pride, violence, and the inescapability of fate. The War That Killed Achilles is a poignant dissection of the epic poem relevant to all wars, past and present. This event is co-sponsored by WNET/Thirteen New York.