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Violence and Humanity in the Iliad

In the Iliad, Homer is able to interweave the overwhelming violence inherent in war with humanity and compassion by interspersing the two to achieve a strong contrast. He also reflects this coexistence in the portrayal of his characters and the paradoxical comparisons of the particulars of war.

Homer intersperses his epic war poem with short, yet effective moments of compassion and empathy. A potent example of this is seen in Book 6. After the reader is assaulted by gory visions of battle in
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