Every single important historical figure has read this book.

Except for everyone in ancient history and most Oriental leaders from all time.

>tfw you will never read the lost poems of the trojan cycle

Wy live

Might want to add Western there.

Granted you mentioned
>important
but I dunno how far spread Homer's works ever got.Alex's campaigns might've got it as far as India maybe?Maybe reach up to China through trade,but I'm not really versed on that stuff.

>>1709929
I'm sure modern Oriental leaders read about them.

>>1709929
>manlets who make iphones in mass deathcamps
>important

>>1709922
[citation needed]

>>1709929
Don't forget medieval history

Oh, and the 20th century.

>>1710126
>medieval history
aristotle was in their curriculum. it's logical to assume homer and plato were touched on.

>20th century
nice bait

>>1709929
that's not real history!
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>>1709922
adsggg [COLAPSE]
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>>1709922
>Isaac Newton

>Benjamin Franklin

>Qian Xuesen

Can't recall any of them reading it.

>>1710139
>it's logical to assume homer and plato were touched on.
That
1) Assumes all medievel leaders had a scholastic education
and
2) Assumes 'touched on' means they have a copy.
There's no reason to assume any of this.

>nice bait
Sorry, it's true.

>>1710159
>>Isaac Newton
he literally spent his career trying to disprove the greeks about sunlight because he had such a stick up his ass

>>Benjamin Franlin
him John Adams and Jefferson would write to eachother in code with greek letters

>>Quian Xuesen
no idea not educated on him

>>1710172
You do know a lot of people git learned on Greek largely due to religious/scientific shit, not to read meme books?

>>1709922
A meme book about a war that never happened

>>1710181
>>1710185

>meme book

The Iliad is one of the most important books ever written you fucks, it is basically the bedrock of the Western Literary Tradition. When other epic poems about long wars and the intrigue of them pop up, they are called whatever nation they belong to's Iliad, that's how absolutely influential the Iliad is.

Now I disagree with OP in saying that every important historical figure read it, considering there were important figures before the book was written and that there were important ones who didn't know how to read in the first place.

>>1710192
>

The Iliad is one of the most important books ever written you fucks, it is basically the bedrock of the Western Literary Tradition. When other epic poems about long wars and the intrigue of them pop up, they are called whatever nation they belong to's Iliad, that's how absolutely influential the Iliad is.
Memeing public school Britons.

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>>1710194
>it is basically the bedrock of the Western Literary Tradition

The Bible is actually far more influential and important. As far as literary tradition goes, the Iliad isn't nearly as influential or important as you might think. Shakespeare, Milton, Cervantes are all far more important and relevant with respect to Western literary tradition and shaping western literature in general. The Iliad is just a well respected ancient epic poem which unfortunately hellanaboos (like yourself) wank over for some sense of self-importance even though they hold no relation to it but having read it.

>>1710185
>a war that never happened

So it's just a huge coincidence that Troy was burned to the ground at the time Homer's books are set? Just a coincidence that the Hittites recorded a war between their vassal Wilusa (Illios / Troy) and Ahhiyawa (Achea / the Greeks)?

>>1710207
Milton was literally trying to create a Biblical Iliad story about the fall of mankind. He probably saw himself as a modern day Homer because he too was blind.

Shakespeare is another important part of the Western Literary Tradition, as is Cervantes. But they are like the walls and pillars built on the firm foundation of the Iliad.

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>>1709922

Diomedes is best boy

>>1710120
>Calling others manlets in refrence to history
Your ansestors were manlets

>>1710192
>they are called whatever nation they belong to's Iliad
By whom?

>>1710207
>The Bible is actually far more influential and important

Not nearly as important as the fan fiction that surpassed it.