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"...The Iliad and the Odyssey were not written by a lone genius."

From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 17 22:00:29 2021

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/14/the-classicist-who-killed-homer

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From Ed Cryer@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Sun Jul 18 10:00:35 2021

gggg gggg wrote:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/14/the-classicist-who-killed-homer

I fully agree with the claims about bardic tradition and composition
before writing hit Greece, but I think anyone who's read those
masterpieces sees quite clearly a master mind at work. Committees don't
turn out such brilliant works.

Ed

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