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> Not going to mention the Odyssey would have been the more appropriate reference? The Iliad isn't really that long. The odyssey is modeled after the iliad. B
by goodbyesf 3y ago
> Not going to mention the Odyssey would have been the more appropriate reference? The Iliad isn't really that long.
The odyssey is modeled after the iliad. Both poems are divided into 24 books and both the trojan war and the voyage in odyssey was 10 years long. Iliad has more lines though - 15,693 (Iliad) vs 12,109 (Odyssey).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey
- esafak 3y agoMaybe Odyssey would have been too on-the-nose!