The Iliad, followed by Odyssey are the examples of epic poetry in the early Greek literature, they "emphasized the ideals of honor and bravery and had an enormous influence on Greek culture- (Myrsiades 1997). Greek epic poetry "had an enormous influence not only on "the Greek culture" but Western culture as well. ... Christian elements are present in "Christian poetry that drew inspiration from the Bible or lives of saint and dwelt on heroic deeds performed by great individuals heroic lays [which] praise the old heroic ideals of unflinching courage, magnanimity and obligations of service to ...

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Apollo also represents choral dance, singing, music, art, poetry, youth, sanity, moderation and entertaining in the Greek world. ... He was considered the chief cherisher and protector of the "polite arts. " He was had many glorious attributes ascribed to him, as he was still associated with light, medicine, eloquence, music, poetry and prophecy. ... In terms of Roman myths, the most famous is Apollo's quarrel with Jupiter regarding the death of his son, Aesculapius, killed by that deity on the complaint of Pluto. ...

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The main motif of conducting the research is to draw a comparative picture between "The Iliad" and "The Aeneid," so at the beginning we have provided some of the major key factors and basing on those factors we have categorized our comparisons between the two books. "The Iliad" (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the wee...

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