In the wake of the cuban revolution 1959, Cuba...

Formed an alliance with the Soviet Union

Explanation: Fulgencio Batista lost power after the Cuban Revolution, and Cuba was a communist state so it wouldn't want to ally with the US anyways and wouldn't implement capitalism because of their ideology.

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“the iliad” (gr: “iliás”) is an epic poem by the ancient greek poet homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the trojan war and the greek siege of the city of troy (which was also known as ilion, ilios or ilium in ancient times).