The Iliad - Homer
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"For of all creatures that breathe and move on earth none is more to be pitied than a man." An ancient Greek poem, Homer's The Iliad is one of the greatest epics of Western literature. The story depicts the critical events during the last few weeks of the final year of the Trojan War as Homer provides glimpses of the past events that led to the catastrophic war, and insights into the future through the prophecies of Achilles' looming death and the fall of Troy. Interwoven with the moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of the battle, The Iliad presents an appalling view of the world and human life living under the umbrage of death and suffering.…mehr

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"For of all creatures that breathe and move on earth none is more to be pitied than a man." An ancient Greek poem, Homer's The Iliad is one of the greatest epics of Western literature. The story depicts the critical events during the last few weeks of the final year of the Trojan War as Homer provides glimpses of the past events that led to the catastrophic war, and insights into the future through the prophecies of Achilles' looming death and the fall of Troy. Interwoven with the moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of the battle, The Iliad presents an appalling view of the world and human life living under the umbrage of death and suffering.
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Homer is the name ascribed by the Ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the central works of Greek literature. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity, the most widespread being that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. The importance of Homer to the ancient Greeks is described in Plato's Republic, where he is referred to as the protos didaskalos, "first teacher", of tragedy, the hegemon paideias, "leader of learning" and the one who ten Hellada pepaideuken, "has taught Greece". Homer's works, which are about fifty percent speeches, provided models in persuasive speaking and writing that were emulated throughout the ancient and medieval Greek worlds. Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds in Egypt.
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