Why are the iliad and odyssey valuable to historians?

select the best answer from the choices provided.
a) because the iliad and the odyssey were sacred texts, they are exactly preserved as they were in the bronze age.
b) to oral tradition, these epics preserve some memory of greek bronze age society.
c) the epics give us a good idea about conditions under the athenian empire.
d) together they provide an accurate map of the city of troy and the mediterranean world.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.