You are right, we went off on a tangent here after an equivalence was made between the Iliad and other ancient tales which tend to belong more to the "dogmatic"

You are right, we went off on a tangent here after an equivalence was made between the Iliad and other ancient tales which tend to belong more to the "dogmatic" category and have a different modern audience. The Iliad is a marvelous tale that I have enjoyed reading since childhood. Western Civilization owes a lot to such stories as they tend to inspire people at an individual level.