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…showed last 75 words of 794 total…of Genesis and The Iliad serves as the backbone of the texts. The lifeblood of the action exists initially in the creation of the people, their roots, and their kin. Without the immense amount of character explanation, the reader would not understand the background of the Greek or Hebrew cultures. As the cornerstone texts of two civilizations, one would only expect such thorough and clear explanations as to the origins of a society. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**