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The Greek Poetry

When you think about ancient Greece you think about the great battles that were fought for thousands of years. Or the great rulers that expanded their empire to the entire known world. Some of us may think about the Greek Gods and the Myths of ancient Greece. But the thing I think about the most is the thing I know the least about their poetry and mainly Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey. Two epic pieces of poetry that have changed our view of the ancient civilizations.

Homer brought us a new way of looking at the region. He tells us where Troy is and when we get there and start digging we find a city that resembles what he is portraying to us. Now I know that all the stories in the two Epics are not fact you are left wondering what parts are. Was there an epic battle for troy the likes of which had never been seen before in the world. Or was it more of a skirmish that was passed down over the years and became what we think of it now.

The Iliad and the......

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