Homer's epic, Homer, an ancient Greek poet, compiled two long epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, based on short folk songs, with a total of 24 volumes. Homer's epic, written in six steps, is a masterpiece of ancient Greek oral literature; It is of great value in literature and art, history, geography, archaeology and folklore.
Homer's epic Six Steps is a masterpiece of ancient Greek oral literature. It is the greatest work in ancient Greece and the greatest work in western literature. The Iliad and Odyssey tell the story of the dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon in the Trojan War, and the story of Odysseus returning to the kingdom of Ithaca and reuniting with his wife Penelope after the fall of Troy.
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The theme of the epic is to praise the heroes of the clan society, so as long as they represent the ideals of the clan, no matter which side of the war they belong to, they are among the heroes. The tone of Iliad regards war as a just, reasonable and great cause, but at the same time it describes the cruelty of war, the disaster it brings to the people, the people's war-weariness and anti-war sentiment, and vaguely expresses the condemnation of war through the tragic ending of heroes.
Heroic epic describes the heroic image in a magical style, highlighting the leading position of heroes in the historical development process. Its purpose is not to belittle the public, but to raise the Greeks, the descendants of those heroes, and to raise the people who create and spread heroic achievements themselves.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Homer Epic.