Epic Conventions : Iliad In the story ,The Iliad by Homer, the Greeks and Trojans battled for years over woman. Though the war was humans fighting each other, the Gods influenced it a lot. Choices made by great individuals, like Achilles, changed the outcome of the war too. While there are many epic conventions demonstrated throughout The Iliad, the two that are most prominent are the starting of the story, and the God’s interference. The author , Homer, started the story in the middle and showed the reason why the war started first. The story starts with the prophet saying that Paris would be the downfall of Troy. Then the story skipped to where Paris was choosing which goddess was the most beautiful. He wanted the reward of Helen, so he
