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Iliad Vs Odyssey

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Since the beginning of war veterans, heroes and warriors were compensated with the most prominent fortune there is, yet these days veterans are treated with less and less regard. Articles Psychiatrist Who Counsels Vet Wins Genius Grant by Joseph Shapiro and Back From War, but not really home by Caroline Alexander writes on how veterans today are getting help to no help at all from what they have experienced during the war. Each was composed about how the ancient epic poems are improving veterans to become better from their traumatic encounters. By reading the ancient epic poems The ILiad and The Odyssey gives comfort to modern combat veterans by giving veterans a method to relate the struggle of other veterans when in combat. When coming

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