Among the most significant reasons for the Iliad's importance are its cultural influence and its value as a linguistic record and historical document. The Iliad's composition in …

09/10/2020 · Beyond its significance for promoting a historical understanding of a Greek identity, The Iliad also serves as a lesson in warfare in modern days. In the poem, the Greeks want King Agamemnon to ...

Why is The Iliad important? For the ancient Greeks, the Iliad reminded them of their history and added to their identity. The Trojan War victory filled them with a sense of pride to be descended from the great Greek heroes such as Achilles. Today the Iliad gives insight into the horrors and inevitability of war across time.

04/10/2020 · Why is The Iliad important? For the ancient Greeks, the Iliad reminded them of their history and added to their identity. The Trojan War victory filled them with a sense of pride to be descended from the great Greek heroes such as Achilles. Today the Iliad gives insight into the horrors and inevitability of war across time.

The main character of Homer's ~'The Iliad~' is Achilles, a demigod soldier whose wounded pride and desire for revenge bring suffering on his fellow Greek troops in the Trojan War.

07/03/2020 · Why is the Iliad important to history? Most significantly, the Iliad changed the way people worshipped. At the same time, people established cults to the Iliad’s human heroes, adopting them as their heroic ancestors. Belonging to the Iliad, possessing history informed by the Iliad, became cornerstones of ‘Greekness’, and of Greek identity.