Homer and The Iliad

Homer, who has been known as a historic poet throughout many centuries, was very significant to ancient Greece and to Western culture. He orally passed down two monumental epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. This is very interesting because it explains why Homer was considered to be the spokesman of oral Greek literature. Although, Homer did not create the plot or the characters of these epics, he is presumed have composed the two, from the inherited information that was passed down to him. The Iliad, which was the first epic to be created, mainly focused on the consequences and results of Achilleus' anger at being dishonored and at the same time it described the events, which occurred in the Trojan War. The Greeks waged the war against Troy, which lasted ten years, after the abduction of Helen from Menelaus. …