Why did the catholic church express interest in the exploration of foreign lands?

they wanted the u.s. to fight on the side of the central powers.

“the iliad” (gr: “iliás”) is an epic poem by the ancient greek poet homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the trojan war and the greek siege of the city of troy (which was also known as ilion, ilios or ilium in ancient times).