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What was the long Greek poem that tells of a historical or legendary hero?

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The type of poem is an "epic" and the Greek epics included the Iliad (about the Trojan War and the Greek warriors Agamemnon and Achilles) and the Odyssey (about the warrior Odysseus trying to return home, and being beset by the machinations of the gods).

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