As an example, simple comparisons from these short descriptions would be both works were written by Greek authors, which can help answer a piece of who this was written for ultimately and what perspective they could potentially have based on their background of being Greek. ... In The Iliad, the gods/goddesses interact on a daily basis with the human leaders of the Greeks. 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. ... Achilles is the hero that defeats the Trojans by killing Hector in The Iliad. ... It i...

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The ancient Greeks had a huge impact on western civilization. They have made major contributions to the world. They have done this through politics/democracy, the arts, literature, philosophy, science/math and war/military. To this day we see many of their practices still in us. Many countries ...

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Today the modern civilization only exists because of the major accomplishments of Greek or Hellenic people who lived approximately between 1150 B.C.E and 420 B.C.E. They introduced us to politics, democracy, philosophy, metaphysics, literature, architecture, history, entertainment and tragedy. All ...

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