Book700 BCE
The Odyssey
Homer
The founding narrative of return and cunning in Western literature, and the origin of most of its structural furniture.
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Literature · Classical & Ancient Literature
Homer
A topic within Classical & Ancient Literature, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Literature.
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Book750 BCE
The Iliad
Homer
A few weeks of one warrior's rage during a ten-year war become the occasion for arguing that glory bought with an early death is the only kind available to a mortal, and that even the greatest hero is ultimately at the mercy of forces he cannot control.
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