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What is the cultural value of epic? Like what?
Epic is a record of a nation's history, which may be closely related to some myths and legends. Epic reflects the characteristics of the times and social life, and its cultural values include historical research value, literary research value and archaeological research value. People can get a glimpse of the spirit, culture and social features of that era recorded in the epic, refresh some of our original concepts, and let us have a more comprehensive understanding of that era, that history and those people.

Like Homer's epic. Homer's epics refer to the Iliad and Odyssey, which are the oldest recorded literary works in ancient Greece. They are the precious cultural heritage of the Greeks from barbarism to civilization, marking the outstanding achievements of ancient Greek literature.

/kloc-In the second half of the 9th century, German scholar Sheriman decided to look for evidence of the existence of the Trojan War according to the description of Homer's epic. He went to the coast of Asia Minor to look for the ruins of Troas. Through his own efforts, he excavated the ruins of this ancient city burned by the Greeks in the war, creating a miracle in the history of human archaeology. His archaeological discoveries proved the existence of the legendary Trojan War in history and rewritten the history of ancient Greece that people had previously recognized. Sheriman's success in archaeological excavation convinced him that ancient Greece must have a highly prosperous Mycenae and Crete civilization described by Homer. It is because of his firm belief in Homer's epic that he excavated the Agamemnon Mausoleum and Mycenae Palace in Mycenae civilization and confirmed the description of Homer's epic. There are many hymns in Homer's epic that reflect Mycenae's lifestyle and social system, and they are the only supplementary materials for the remains of Mycenae civilization.

Homer's epic widely and vividly reflects the politics, economy, military, culture, art and other aspects of ancient Greek society, and has become a precious historical material for us to understand ancient Greek society.