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this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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Those writers probably wouldn't have referenced The Iliad then. This was either a writer's joke or the script just had [insert prop book] in the script and The Iliad was what was handy.
And who doesn't have a copy of The Iliad handy at any moment?