Why is the Iliad considered so important? Just because it's very old and very long?
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>>8021106
Because it's pretty much the earliest known work of Western literature
Yep. That's why. Old n long. The extensive field of research behind Greek literature and culture, of which The Iliad is the centerpiece, is more or less entirely focused on explaining just HOW a poem can be SO old and long.
Why is Moby-Dick considered so important? Just because it's very old and very long?
>>8021106
Do your own homework. This place is for shitposting and shitposting only.
>>8021225
Nah, it's not old. If the Iliad is old Moby Dick is the enormous dock of an infant. We marvel over how such a small child can be so well endowed.
