It Doesn't Seem To Me

To Have One's Own Story Told By A Third Party Who Doesn't Know That The Character In Question Is Himself The Hero Of The Story Being Told, That's A Technical Refinement.

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

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.

Many Novelists Take Well-defined, Precise Characters, Whose Stories Are Sometimes Of Mediocre Interest, And Place Them In An Important Historical Context, Which Remains Secondary In Spite Of Everything.

The Iliad Is The Private Lives Of People Thrown Into Disorder By History.