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Unit SixTEXT I Preparing for College I. Library Work 1. Homer (8th century B.C.), the Greek epic poet to whom are attributed the Iliad and the Odyssey, the greatest epic poetry of all time. The Iliad, the tale of the siege of Troy (an ancient city in Asia Minor), is an epic poem in twenty-four books. The Odyssey is an epic poem which records the adventures of Odysseus or Ulysses, a Greek leader in the I. Library Work Trojan War, a legendary war waged anywhere from the 11th to the 14th century B.C. It is also in twenty-four books. 2. Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321), Italian poet whose reputation rests chiefly on The Divine Comedy (ca. 1309 – 1320), an epic poem that describes his spiritual journey through Hell and Purgatory and finally to Paradise, or the way of an individual soul from sin to purification. I. Library Work 3. Caius Julius Caesar (100 – 44 B.C.), Roman general and administrator who made himself master of the Roman world by defeating Pompey the Great (106 – 48 B.C.), the Roman general and statesman before him. Caesar ruled supreme until he was assassinated by a group of conspirators headed by Marcus Brutus and Cassius. I. Library Work 4. Robert Owen (1771 – 1858), British socialist reformer and founder of cooperative communities. He strove against social disorders brought about by the Industrial Revolution and urged Parliament to enact laws that would alleviate the bad working conditions in British factories. He assisted the trade I. Library Work union movement. He discouraged the hiring of children. He established a cooperative society for the purchase and sale of commodities, and organized cooperative communities to create a better environment. William Owen is said to be a “red”, or a socialist, because he is a descendant of Robert Owen. I. Library Work 5. Tories are members or supporters of the Conservative Party in Great Britain. The term Tory was first used to name a member of a political party in Great Britain from the late 17th century to about 1