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Homer turns a vast epic cycle into a concentrated story about the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon rather than retelling the entire Trojan War.
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Homer turns a vast epic cycle into a concentrated story about the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon rather than retelling the entire Trojan War.
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"He is the king of Mycenaean Greece. And so they organized this huge army to attack Troy, to retrieve Helen, okay? And this will..."
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"kill everyone okay all right so that's the story of the Trojan War what Homer will do is he will take this epic okay..."
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