# Which is the second most important work of literature for the Western World?

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**Created:** [August 23, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-second-most-important-work-of-literature-for-the-western-world/551143 "2010-08-23T10:19:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-second-most-important-work-of-literature-for-the-western-world/551143/61 "2010-08-24T17:05:19Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> > [@Dr.Drake](#):
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> > The scouring powder, Ajax, comes from the Iliad; how many other works of literature are naming household cleaning products two thousand years later?
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> Makes me want to start a line of _Gilgamesh™ Pot Scrubber_ cleaning brushes. 🙂

Wouldn’t his hairy little friend Enkidu be a better choice? And the commercial writes itself.

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