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The Iliad is regarded as one of the oldest and most frequently referenced literary texts in Western literature. Composed around the mid-8th century BCE, this epic draws its subject matter from the Trojan War, traditionally dated to the 12th century BCE. The name of the epic derives from the inner citadel of Troy, known as “Ilion”, meaning “about the city of Ilion”. However, this narrative is also interpreted as a poetic representation of early human conceptions of fate, divine-human relationship