"The Iliad"

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"The Iliad", an epic tale told by the famous Greek Homer, focuses primarily on the Trojan War between the Greeks and the Trojans. As we know from history, this war was filled with bloody battles and a massive loss of life. The paper describes how Homer uses his story-telling abilities to focus on the garish and sometimes mundane drudgery of war. Due to his removal from the actual time of these battles, his stories may be embellished or not completely accurate descriptions of what did or did not happen. The paper shows that overall, however, "The Iliad" is believed to be generally true.

From the Paper:

"Not only does the reader see a vulnerable Achilles, we begin to understand his pain and sorrow. The continuous battling has taken a toll on him and the reader feels this personal tragedy first-hand. The style Homer uses is quite different than any previous books (1 - 17). A large part of Homer's Iliad consists of the detailing of the wretchedness and eventual mundaness of constant war. Even though the main focus and crux of the story is in fact the trials and tribulations of the hero Achilles, the war and Homer's lucid and always new description of it make the tone very different in comparison to Book 18."

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