Plagiarism In The Iliad

Plagiarism has been around for a very long time, did Homer write the Iliad, or did he take it from someone else and put his name on it? We can be fairly sure he wrote it, but with plagiarism, things can get very murky. In order to explain how plagiarism works I will present: what I know about plagiarism, how acts of plagiarism occur, and how plagiarism can be prevented.
Plagiarism is something people learn about from a very young age, in elementary school teachers say not to copy others, in high school they say it’s important to cite sources. But plagiarism shouldn’t be treated so casually, plagiarism can seriously impact the careers of people like graduate students if they are accused of using another person’s idea for their thesis. Plagiarism is the act of intentionally or unintentionally taking another person’s work and passing it off as your own. Plagiarism can happen to anyone, whether it’s high school students copying off each other, or ideas taken from scholarly articles.
Plagiarism occurs when one person accidentally or intentionally presents another person’s work or words as their own. It can be an accident, sometimes people plagiarize unintentionally, with something as small as not citing a picture they used in a PowerPoint, but often plagiarism can be darker. Sometimes people
The first step is using quotations when using another person’s words in your own work, people can use another person’s words as much as they want, but if they don’t give the other person credit, it’s plagiarism. Another step in avoiding plagiarism is citing sources. Any time you’re writing an article it is important to cite any sources you gathered ideas or information from. A lot of people don’t realize another key issue, even if you didn’t directly quote someone, but used their ideas or paraphrased their words, a citation is still