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Originally Posted by Sparrow
If they're "quite literally the 'cornerstones'" in the sense of being works that the whole of Western literature rests upon; then I would beg to differ.
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. Homer played a similar "moral" role in classical Athenian society that the Bible played (and perhaps still does in some places) in later societies, and western civilization very much has its roots in classical Athens. It can therefore certainly be argued that Homer has played a pivotal role in western society, and within question in western literature, even if most people today are not directly aware of it.