Marginal utility, then, asks how much a one-unit change in a variable will impact our utility (that is, our level of happiness. Marginal utility analysis answers questions such as:
The Greek poet Homer was born sometime between the 12th and 8th centuries BC, possibly somewhere on the coast of Asia Minor. He is famous for the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, which have had an enormous effect on Western culture, but very little is known about their alleged author. Homer is a mystery.
The first line of Greek literature is the opening of Homerâs Iliad; the first line of Latin literature is the opening of Livius Andronicusâ translation of Homerâs Odyssey. The Classical tradition needed two roots, distinct and complementary, one Greek, one Roman, if it was to flourish and grow.he African Epic Controversy. So far, I have argued that under any definition of epic the Homeric poems are seen as examples of the genre. I have also suggested that current tensions and disagreements over the interpretation of Homer are related to larger debates about the nature of epic and literature more generally.