The Iliad
750 BC · 848 pages
Achilles withdraws from the fighting over a stolen prize and his friends die outside Troy for it. Nothing written about war since has matched Homer's fury, or the mercy of the final scene.
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800 BC – 701 BC
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O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!
2nd Samuel, 18:33 · 722 BC