Religions Tend To Disappear With

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.

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.

When Ulysses Hears His Own Story Sung By An Epic Poet And Then He Reveals His Identity And The Poet Wants To Continue Singing, Ulysses Isn't Interested Any Longer. That's Very Astonishing.