/lit/ - Literature

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>>17962648
tl;dr but I think it is impossible to understand the history how we got to where we are today without an understanding of the past. Literature, culture and history cannot be understood without at least the Iliad and the Odyssey. I would say both of these works are indispensable even if you believe they promote reactionary beliefs.

European royal families literally claimed sovereignty because they purported to have been descended from families involved in the Trojan War. The influence of the Homeric epics permeates every single aspect of western culture.