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1. Epic Poetry

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   | Cosmic Epic | The entirety of the known world, divine politics | Mesopotamian | Cataloguing of natural phenomena |
   A key distinction often drawn in classical scholarship is between the objective style of the Homeric poems and the more self-conscious, retrospective narratives of later writers. The objective distance maintained in Homer is often attributed to the sheer antiquity of t…

2. Halicarnassus

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   Cultural Life and Historiography
   Halicarnassus is inseparable from Herodotus (c. 484–425 BCE)/). While celebrated as the "Father of History," his tenure as a writer was punctuated by constant civic disputes. Sources suggest that Herodotus's extensive travel narratives were partially motivated by the need to collect sufficient obscure folklore to justify his frequent, prolonged absences from the [municipal council meetings](/…