This is significant because the absence of everyone else marks how few friends Gatsby really had. For all the people he knew and entertained, only Nick and a man who admired Gatsby's library were in attendance. This is also significant because it illustrates how few true friends we are actually blessed with during our lifetimes
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There were mentions of them in works of Western Civilization. For example, Mycenaens were described in the Iliad by Homer repeatedly. And the Minoan people were mentioned in the Bible.
