CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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The ancient Greeks thought of the Iliad and the Odyssey as true stories of Greek history.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -While Greeks of the Classical period believed The Iliad to be a factual account of history, today, there is no apparent scholarly consensus on whether or not the Trojan War took place, nor to what degree Homer’s work reflected an actual time in Greek history.
Detailed explanation-2: -We do not know if the Greeks believed that the events in the Odyssey were real or not.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Iliad, set during the Trojan War, tells the story of the wrath of Achilles. The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus as he travels home from the war.
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