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A lot of hollywood writers and especially script doctors aren't really well versed in literature or ancient world classics, it's not germane to the form they produce. I know a hollywood writer and he certainly didn't graduate with an MA in English.
Those writers probably wouldn't have referenced The Iliad then. This was either a writer's joke or the script just had [insert prop book] in the script and The Iliad was what was handy.
And who doesn't have a copy of The Iliad handy at any moment?