The Iliad and the Odyssey are two EPIC poems written by the ancient Greek poet Homer. They are considered to be the earliest surviving works of Western literature and are among the most influential works of all time. The Iliad is an ancient Greek EPIC poem set during the Trojan War, while the Odyssey is a sequel to the Iliad, focusing on the journey of the Greek hero Odysseus. Both works can be classified as an EPIC or a SAGA, which is a long narrative poem that tells the story of a heroic figure or a group of heroic figures.