Great Books
THE ILIAD
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"For all practical purposes, Western literature begins with The Iliad."
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Alexander the Great used The Iliad as his
guide, the only one he said he needed, to conquer the then-known world. No real education can be
considered properly complete without a study of Homer's poetically thorough rendition of the Trojan
War.
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