God purposely sacrificed his own son to spread these teachings to all civilizations. ... His death was to be the ending factor to all human conflict and hate. ... The Iliad and the Odyssey were the earliest written pieces that reflect the ideals that violence was a main element of a man's being. ... Both the Iliad and the Odyssey were considered "War Poems." ... Klassen also provides a quote from the Odyssey stating, "The disgrace of it will echo down the generations should we fail to punish the murderer of our sons and kindred (Odyssey XXIV. 433-34)." ...

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