The Iliad and the Odyssey have been enormously influential in Western literature and art, and are the perfect place to begin your study of Western culture and the Great Books. The Odyssey was the original great adventure story and character study. The Iliad was the principal textbook in the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, and the primary authority in matters of ethics and morals, civic behavior, and military tactics. Traditionally dated to the 8th century B.C., these epics were the most important influences in the formation of Greek culture.
Western civilization begins with the two greatest books of the ancient world, the Iliad and the Odyssey by the Greek poet Homer.
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