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There Have Been Only Rare Moments In History Where Individual Histories Were Able To Run Their Course Without Wars Or Revolutions.

Fiction Has Consisted Either Of Placing Imaginary Characters In A True Story, Which Is The Iliad, Or Of Presenting The Story Of An Individual As Having A General Historical Value, Which Is The Odyssey.

A Very Great Iliad... Concerns The Creation Of A Nation.

We Have Gotten Away From This Double Aspect Of Either Putting The Character Back Into Historical Events Or Of Making A Historical Event Of His Very Life.

One Can Easily Classify All Works Of Fiction Either As Descendants Of The Iliad Or Of The Odyssey.