Perhaps the most influential works in the literary canon, the Iliad and the Odyssey were translated as early as 1488 and continue to influence the narrative style of contemporary literature.
The Homeric Question, concerning the tales’ true authorship, continues to be debated – with some scholars believing the poems to be the work of many contributors over the course of centuries. The Odyssey tells the epic tale of the journey of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy. The Iliad, set in the midst of the ten-year Trojan War, focuses on the quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. in the Greek coastal region of Anatolia in an oral tradition more likely intended to be performed than read. Attributed to the singular ancient Greek poet Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey are considered to be, not only, the most important works of ancient Greek literature but the oldest extant works of Western literature. The epic poems were likely composed near the end of the 8th century B.C.E.
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