![]() ![]() Few early records of the poem remain, and yet its literary power ensured it was preserved in written form over the centuries. Once gathered together, these would have eventually been written down, as Greeks began to record literature on papyrus. The sheer scale of the text points to the theory that the complete poem resulted from the collation of oral performances of sections of the work. ![]() Admist the violence, Homer’s characters, whether gods or men, are presented with subtle realism, revealing that the passions and problems that beset humanity are both timeless and universal.Ĭomposed in the late 8th or early 7th century BC, the original Greek work extends to over 15,000 lines. However, it is a single episode in the siege’s tenth and final year, the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles, which Homer takes as the thread that binds the ensuing tragedy. ![]() The spark that ignites the Greeks’ legendary struggle to take golden Troy is the abduction of the beautiful Helen by Paris, son of King Priam. Begin, Muse, when the two first broke and clashed, Agamemnon lord of men and brilliant Achilles ![]()
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