Revisiting 'The Iliad,' 3,000 Years Later

Revisiting 'The Iliad,' 3,000 Years Later

The Iliad is one of the oldest surviving stories of Western civilization, and is often referred to as if we know it — or, at least, we should. The epic is usually credited to Homer, the ancient Greek storyteller who first sat down to orally weave the
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The Iliad is one of the oldest surviving stories of Western
civilization, and is often referred to as if we know it — or, at
least, we should. The epic is usually credited to Homer, the
ancient Greek storyteller who first sat down to orally weave the
story for his audiences 3,000 years ago. The war story chronicles
the final weeks of the Trojan War, and it has been translated into
dozens of languages — dozens of times.

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