This is just a small example to provide a pretext to understanding on a greater scale the differences and similarities in how these works are studied by historians. ... Achilles is an example of this especially when he is seen to be conversed to, and about, many times in almost each book of The Iliad. As in the epic poem, the gods and goddesses interfere on behalf of Achilles in many scenes of the epic to either assist him or destroy him and his army. ... The next contrast that can be made between the epic poem and Herodotus' work is how god-like the Greek leaders are portrayed by each au...

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