Author Says a Whole Culture—Not a Single 'Homer'—Wrote 'Iliad,' 'Odyssey'

Sunday, January 4, 2015 - 09:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Almost nothing is known about the author or date behind The Iliad and The Odyssey. "It's a mistake to think of Homer as a person," says the author of the new book Why Homer Matters.

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