Homer's epic is the earliest representative of formal written literary works in the history of western literature. Epic includes two parts, namely Iliad and Odyssey.
Aesop's Fables is said to be a collection of fables written by Aesop, an ancient Greek slave who was released in the 6th century BC. There are 357 stories about India, Arabia and Christianity.
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On the one hand, Homer's epic is formed on the basis of folk oral literature, and its original material is myths, legends and heroic stories accumulated in many centuries, which preserves the true and natural characteristics of ancient culture. At the same time, it shows that in the early ancient eastern Mediterranean, the ancient cultural center, its literature once reached a high degree of prosperity.
After the epic began to be handed down in words, it was polished for many centuries before it became the final version. This special advantage is inseparable from the ancient Aegean civilization and the prosperity of slavery culture in Athens and Alexandria for hundreds of years. It is not only an ancient epic, but also a literary work with high artistic level.
Homer's epic is the earliest outstanding literary masterpiece in the history of European literature, which reflects the life of ancient Greece in prehistoric times and is an important document for studying early Greek society. Its unique and exquisite artistic features have had a far-reaching impact on the development of European literature and world literature in later generations.