Iliad Vs. Genesis

In comparing the Iliad to Genesis, I realized that these two books are iconic legends in the literary world because of their uniqueness, their stories will be shared with generation throughout history. Both books are inspired by heroism and an attempt to save the world from evil. The introduction of Homer’s Iliad has a dramatic entrance that grabs the reader’s attention, “Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus’ son Achilles and destruction puts pain upon the Achaeans” (Homer 98) while Genesis has a sense of peace when the Creator started to mold the earth, “God said “Let there be light.” And there was light. And He saw the light said it was good, and God divided darkness from the light and called them night and day.” (Genesis 75) Homer uses many adjectives to describe his character’s actions and strengths on the field of battle but Genesis is more straightforward with its text which make it easier to understand.
However, Homer is a legendary author because of The Iliad story was created in the Greek ages. This leave one to wonder, “What if the Iliad is actually the bible but in Greek teaching to their students but unholy?” An online Christian website state, “Most skeptic’s glory is a fact that Iliad is older than the Gospels, but that only shows that the Gospels were written differently in terms of a philosophy and theology culture.” (Reynold, “The Bible is the Iliad”) This claim is questioned by scholars because there are many stories taught to the faithful disciples. Homer writes about many characters but Achilles is the hero that can be most closely compared to Noah in Genesis. Noah was a great disciple of God who shows himself faithful even though he was in a world full of sinful