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 Biography of Homer
8939 words, approx. 29.8 pages
 Homer is the name that has come down through the centuries as the author of the two earliest surviving poetic works of ancient Greece, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Yet, nothing is securely known about the authorship of these poems. Such was the reverence w... summary from source:
 Biography of Homer
8807 words, approx. 29.4 pages
Homer is the name that has come down through the centuries as the author of the two earliest surviving poetic works of ancient Greece, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Yet nothing is securely known about the authorship of these poems. Such was the reverence wi... summary from source:
Biography of Homer
2165 words, approx. 7.2 pages
Homer, the major figure in ancient Greek literature, has been universally acclaimed as the greatest poet of classical antiquity. The Iliad and the Odyssey, two long epic poems surviving in a surprisingly large number of manuscripts, are ascribed to him....
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Iliad - Homer - 750 B.c. Summary
7,145 words, approx. 24 pagesIliad - Homer - 750 B.c. The cover of a recent translation of the Iliad (published by Hackett in 1997) features a black-and-white photograph of the 1944 D-Day landing at Normandy, as seen from the point of view of a soldier about to jump from the open... summary from source:
 Iliad Summary
3,759 words, approx. 13 pagesIliad by Homer The Greek poet Homer is credited with composing the Iliad, although the authorship of the epic remains uncertain. It is believed that Homer probably lived in the eighth century B.C. While scholars have made educated guesses about aspects... summary from source:
 Iliad Information
7,397 words, approx. 25 pages
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 Montana; The Magazine of Western History Texian Iliad
04/01/1999: 682 words, approx. 2 pages TEXIAN ILIAD A Military History of the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836 Stephen L. Hardin University of Texas Press, Austin, 1996. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. xix+ 321 pp. $15.95 paper. The seige and storming of the Alamo, the death... summary from source:
The Washington Post The Iliad And the Elliot
06/16/1996: 866 words, approx. 3 pages IT'S ALWAYS a pretty safe bet to ask Elliot Richardson about a current event. He has surely thought about it -- more likely has been in charge of the whole subject at some point. The other day, I asked the former attorney general... summary from source:
 AP News 2,700-year-old fabric found in Greece
5/10/2007: 353 words, approx. 1 pagesArchaeologists in Greece have discovered a rare 2,700-year-old piece of fabric inside a copper urn from a burial they speculated imitated the elaborate cremation of soldiers described in Homer's "Iliad."The yellowed, brittle material was found in the urn during excavation in the southern town of... summary from source:
The New York Observer Magazine Nabobs Resolve in 2008 to Kick Bad Habits: Waverly Inn, Post
1/2/2008: 314 words, approx. 1 pagesEach New Year brings with it the obligatory slate of resolutions. And like some college-level sociological experiment, each New Year also brings with it a slate of stories about what famous people have resolved to either quit—smoking, say—or begin—usually something kind of boring, like marathon...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by R. M. Frazer
13,832 words, approx. 46 pages
In the following excerpt from his study of the Iliad, Frazer investigates the work's narrative structure and parallelism, the character of Achilles, pro-Achaean bias, representation of the Olympian gods, and use of simile.
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Critical Essay by James V. Morrison
10,601 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Morrison discusses narrative misdirection brought about by prophesies and threats in the Iliad.
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Critical Essay by Oliver Taplin
10,040 words, approx. 34 pages
In the following excerpt, Taplin examines broad ethical issues in the Iliad and the epic's narrative form, focusing specifically on temporality, and the guilt of Helen and Paris.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 88%The Iliad
4,918 words, approx. 16 pages
The Iliad is not about the Trojan War; that war lasted ten years and the central actions of the poem occupy only a few weeks. War brutalizes men and women, wounds their bodies and minds, enslaves and kills them. This is Homer's message as he focuses on one hero, Achilleus, to demonstrate wrath's destruction of self and others. summary from source:
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