Analyzing the Relationship between Greeks and Non-Greeks in History

This essay delves into the historical relationship between the Greeks and non-Greeks in the classical world, focusing on the period before the Roman Empire's conquest of Greece. It examines the perspectives of the Greeks and non-Greeks and their interactions, drawing on primary sources such as the Iliad and the Odyssey. The essay analyzes the context of the Trojan War, the conflicts between the Greeks and the Trojans, and the portrayal of these events in Homer's epics. It also explores the Telegony, a lost sequel to the Odyssey, providing a comprehensive view of the complex dynamics and the controversies surrounding the Greeks and non-Greeks in ancient times, and the impact of these relationships on the historical narrative. The essay concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the importance of understanding the historical context of these interactions.

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Introduction
The Greeks are generally noted as the ethnic group of people who are native to the
Cyprus, Greece, Egypt and the lesser extend of other countries in the nearby locations
surrounding the Mediterranean Sea (Ober 2015). The colonies of the Greek and the communities
have been long historically established in the shores of the black and the Mediterranean sea.
With limited involvement to the life’s of the Greek life and the philanthropies and the exclusive
clubs, the community of people who are the non Greeks have certain distinction from that of the
original geek community (Cairns 2015). There has been a wide range of controversy regarding
the differences among the Greeks and the non Greeks from the time of the ancient decade in the
history of classical Greece before the conquer of the entire Greece by the Roman empire. The
assignment highlights the sources from the early Greek world reflecting on the interest in the
connection or the relationship among the reeks and the non Greeks with the help of some of the
reliable sources for discussion. The assignment furthermore highlights the insights from the
sources of Iliad and Odyssey to draw the connection and the relation among the Greeks and the
non Greeks.
Discussion
The connection and the relationship among the Greeks and the non Greeks can be found
in the Greek epic poem, Iliad which was traditionally attributed to the homer. The song of Ilion,
Iliad explained the synopsis and the context of the Trojan war or the war by the non Greeks and
the ten year siege of the city of Troy (Elmer 2015). The Iliad basically explains the collision and
the battles and the eventful fights sue to quarrel among the king Agamemnon and warrior
Achilles. The story of Iliad explains the few weeks of the final yeas and the ties of the battle and

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the fearless war depicting on the alludes towards the greek legends about the siege. The Iliad
furthermore illustrated the events such as the gatherings of the warriors of troy for siege and the
reason for the upcoming battle and the connected concerns that tends to appear near the
beginning of the fight. The epic furthermore narrates the events that were prophesized for the
upcoming future like the imminent death of Achilles and the drastic fall of Troy. However the
poem depicted towards a vivid approach at the end of the poem and takes a complete toll
regarding the tale of the Trojan war (Vinci 2017). The Iliad fall under the oldest extent works of
the classical western literature and is written under the date of 8rh century BC. With the
containment of more than 15693 line, Iliad is basically the literary amalgam of the ionic Greeks
and the some of the other dialects illustrating the connection among the Greeks and the non
Greeks who are basically the Trojans via the great war of Troy.
Attributed to Homer, Odyssey is one of the two epic poems from the ancient Greek
century and is basically the sequel to Iliad and describes the works of the Homer. Fundamental to
modern western canon, the Odyssey is basically is second oldest extent works of the western
literature of ancient Greece. According to the scholars, Odyssey was basically developed and
composed in the end of the 8th century BC (Friedman 2015). With the similar context, the
Odyssey explained the connection among the Greeks and the non Greeks from the ancient time.
The epic poem , Odyssey mainly focuses on the Greek hero named as the Odysseus who was
also known to be Ulysses in the Romanian myth and the king of Ithaca. The Odyssey explains
the long journey to the home after the fall of Troy. The story explained how the Odysseus took
more than 10 year to reach Ithaca after the long years of war with the Trojans or the non Greeks.
The poem furthermore highlighted how the absence of Odysseus made other assume his death
and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus faced the situation to deal with the group of unruly

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suitors and the Proci who wanted to get married to Penelope. Written in dactylic hexameter the
epic poem explains the conflict among the Odysseus and the non Greeks who captured his home
land through out the years (Ahl and Roisman 2018). The poem illustrates how Odysseus killed
the suitors and their son and ended the two generation of the non Greek captivity in his home
land Ithaca and made it the place of peace concluding the Odyssey.
Another Greek poem which is generally considered as the lost sequel of Odyssey also
explains the connection of the Greeks and the non Greeks of the ancient decade. Though not
written by the famous Homer, Telegony usually attributed to the antiquity contributing to the
cinaethon of the Sparta (Tsagalis 2014). This long lost Greek epic poem from the context of the
ancient history is basically about the son of Odysseus, Telegonus by the circle. The poem
illustrated the portion of the epic circle recounting the tragic myths of the Trojan or the non
Greek wars together with the series of the events that led up to and followed the battle (Homeros
2015). The synopsis of the poem furthermore explained how the affair with the daughter of the
god of sun, gave birth to Telegonus , the son of Odysseus who was born far away from the home
hand. The story explained the tragic incident where Telegonus killed Odysseus while invading
the unfriendly land. The story of the Greek epic ends with note of the Latin invasion and the
result of the battle among the Greek and the non Greek which furthermore resulted in serious of
incidents.
Conclusion
It can thus be conclude that there has been a wide range of controversy regarding the
differences among the Greeks and the non Greeks from the time of the ancient decade in the
history of classical Greece before the conquer of the entire Greece by the Roman empire. The
essay explained the sources from the early Greek world reflecting on the interest in the

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connection or the relationship among the reeks and the non Greeks with the help of some of the
reliable sources for discussion.

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