Robert Wrubel wrote:
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> I notice that we are just as bloody in war as any of
> Homer's heroes (more so, in fact, because more
> de-personalized.) Are our "humanitarian"
> justifications for war more civilized than Homer's
> "honor"?
Accepting (provisionally) your use of "civilized" as a positive, the high point of civilization to date is Book 24 of the Iliad. Dante & Shakespeare don't come even close to equalling it.
Carrol