The Iliad and The Odyssey Background

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Trojan hero

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Hector

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Greek hero

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Achilles

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God who drives Achilles to kill Hector

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Athena

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Cause of Trojan War

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Paris kidnapped Helen

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Fights Patroclus, thinking he's Achilles

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Hector

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Author of The Iliad

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Homer

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Armor worn by Hector

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Patroclus's

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God of War

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Arês

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Extended comparison of two complex concepts

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Epic simile

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Trojan War duration at poem's start

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nine years