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In order to be considered an epic, there are certain qualifications and standards that a piece of literature must meet. The themes and motifs incorporated in these stories are universal and the plot lines are both historical and entertaining. ....

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... quality of an epic, intervention by God does frequently occur. While the Hebrews were responsible for the production of The Old Testament, the Greeks employed the works of Homer. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are the most famous of the Greek . These epic poems tell the story of the Trojan War and the events and famous people surrounding the war. Throughout the Iliad, the universality of the poem is evident as concepts of war and man vs. man conflicts are expressed through the lives of Achilles, Hector, and Patroclus. Another epic quality in the Iliad is the invocation of the muse in the beginning of the story. This use of the muse is on ...