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Old 03-29-2009, 10:41 AM   #125
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You're honestly telling me that you consider the Iliad and the Odyssey - two of the "foundation stones" of western literature - to be "poor poetry"? They are amongst the greatest "epic" poems ever written!
Sure, great "epic". But is "epic" the same as "poetry"? Even Diogenes and Zoilos meant that Homer was much overrated.
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