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How Does Homer Use Thematic Details In The Iliad

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Homer employs thematic details to achieve the product of the Trojan War narrative in the Iliad by implementing impersonal characters and interchangeable details. Homer does not exclaim any date or year in any point of the text to link the Trojan War to reality. Nor does Homer acknowledge the connection to what is happening in Greece while the war is in progress. The lack of significant details relays that this story is in the realm of fiction rather than fact. Homer continues detaching the world of the Iliad from reality by using the names of characters and places interchangeably. As the author, Andrew Dalby points out throughout the Iliad, the name Paris and Alexandros interchangeably replace one another. These follies continue with the location
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