ABSTRACT
The Iliad is historical Greek poetry and among the oldest and most extensive poetic works in which they poured forth their knowledge; its central theme is the description of some of the events of the Trojan war. The poet was expansive in describing and narrating events so his poem is considered an encyclopedia of his time since it mentions the nature of people, their habits, their manner of worship, and the level of culture they attained. The Syrians awoke in the middle of the last century, with a group of them importing the wellsprings of knowledge and literature. Did they keep them for themselves or was not every step taken by one of the sister nations followed by the other; the two of them striding together, supporting one another as if they were two inseparable, conjoined twins. Periods of transition and renewal in the history of national literatures are often marked by the central position of translation.
