On values: In both of his epics, Homer emphasizes many traditional Greek values: xenia (hospitality), kleos (glory), and metis (wisdom),among others. Unlike modern authors, Homer is not quick to reveal his personal beliefs; rather, they come about subtly, through the dialogue between two characters or through implications of epic similes. He wants the focus of The Iliad and The Odyssey not to be to extract his opinions but to develop one's own conclusions about life, religion, the natural world, and the interplay between the three. That being said, Homer is human and does have beliefs. On mankind: Homer was a strong proponent of a collective human race, as is apparent in his removed commentary on the Trojan War in The Iliad. Rather than take a side in the Greek vs. Trojan conflict, he portrays the strengths and the shortcomings of the characters on both sides with striking honesty.
Harvard referencing system is the most common style of referencing used at Staffordshire University and is the officially adopted standard for all students except those studying modules in law or psychology.
The most accepted way of acknowledging the work of another author is to use a referencing system. At the Department of Lifelong Learning you are required to use the Harvard referencing system.The following guide tells you why you need to use a referencing system, shows you how to insert references in the text of your assignments, and shows you how to compile a reference list.or example, you would not need to include a reference if you stated in an assignment that Shakespeare wrote plays and sonnets in Elizabethan times. Always reference: 1  Direct quotations this is when you copy another author s material word-for-word.