The Iliad
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MulletChamp.com states that the mullet has a long history: “Homer even described a haircut that sounds eerily familiar in The Iliad: ‘their forelocks cropped, hair grown long at the backs.’”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023
Experts first found the artwork, which depicts scenes from Trojan war epic The Iliad, in a dig in 2021.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2022
In the ancient Greek epic The Iliad, the hero Achilles loses his best friend Patroclus in battle and then inwardly tortures himself because he failed to shield Patroclus from harm.
From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2022
And it ranges from short novellas to "Moby Dick," "The Iliad," your big boys.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2019
The Iliad, however, begins after the Greeks have reached Troy, when Apollo sends the pestilence upon them.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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