., and was illuminated five hundred years later in Homer's Iliad and the Odyssey, clearly following the oral traditions of ancient societies. ... In later Greek times, Helen was revered as a goddess, especially by the Spartans, her natal home. Homer's works became the Greek "bible", outlining for the Greeks their heroic past, and how they were to feel, think, and behave, including what was the most important facet of their life, fighting. ...

• Word Count: 7196
• Approx Pages: 29
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• Grade Level: High School

The poet Homer's 8th-century BC epics the Iliad and the Odyssey, for example, tell the story of the (mythical) Trojan War as a divine conflict as well as a human one. ... Years went on and no one had written any stories down, but later two men Homer and Hesiod transmitted all the stories they knew into one, they had transmitted stories, poems, songs, and beliefs into one book called the Lliad. ...

• Word Count: 2584
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School