Yes, it is an epic poem written by Homer. It is the poem that is said to come before the Odyssey.
The Iliad and the Odyssey.
poems, and his most famous poems are "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"
For most of European history the Iliad and The Odyssey were the earliest known poems. This meant that almost all later European poetry made use of the Iliad or the Odyssey in one way or another. During the twentieth century some poems earlier than the Iliad or the Odyssey were reclaimed:- particularly the Epic of Gilgamish. But the Iliad and the Odyssey passed for the earliest European poems for many hundred years, so they were the poems that everyone turned to.
"Epic Poems" .
regarded by the ancient Greeks as literature.
Iliad and Odyssey
poems, and his most famous poems are "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"
The Iliad and the Odyssey are both ancient Greek epic poems attributed to the poet Homer. The Iliad focuses on the Trojan War, while the Odyssey follows the journey of Odysseus as he tries to return home after the war. Both poems are connected by their themes of heroism, gods and goddesses, and the importance of fate in shaping human destiny.
The Iliad and the Odyssey are both ancient Greek epic poems attributed to the poet Homer. They are related in that they both tell stories of heroes and gods in the context of the Trojan War and its aftermath, but the Iliad focuses on the events of the war itself, while the Odyssey follows the journey of the hero Odysseus as he tries to return home after the war.
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The Iliad came first but it wasn't 'written' as a work of literature it was composed as an epic poem to be recited in the oral tradition
He wrote the famous epics (poems) the Odyssey and the Iliad