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Homer: 

Homer Megan Wipper World History I

Slide2: 

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Many of Homers works have little to no original texts from Ancient Greece.: 

Many of Homers works have little to no original texts from Ancient Greece.

Homeric Question: 

Homeric Question

Slide6: 

Vs.

Theory #1 : 

Theory #1 Homer is not one particular person, but many people or a group of people. PROBABILITY: It is very hard to have multiple works consisting of hundreds of pages to be as consistent as Homers works. This work is just too consistent to support this theory.

Theory #2: 

Theory #2 The stories were told orally over many years and were eventually written down by some random people called “Homer” or were addressed as “Homer”.

Transcription Hypothesis : 

Transcription Hypothesis Estimates the time a particular text was written.

The Odyssey and The Iliad : 

The Odyssey and The Iliad

Homers works: 

Homers works The Iliad The Odyssey Batrachomyomachia Cypria Epigoni Little Iliad Nostoi Phocais Thebaid Homeric Hymns

The Odyssey : 

The Odyssey The Odyssey is about king Odysseus’ travel home.

The Iliad: 

The Iliad The Iliad describes the Trojan War in detail.

Homers works: 

Homers works The Iliad… The Odyssey… Batrachomyomachia… Cypria… Epigoni… Little Iliad… Nostoi… Phocais… Thebaid… Homeric Hymns…

Batrachomyomachia: 

Batrachomyomachia A story of a mouse and a frog king.

Cypria: 

Cypria Narrates the Trojan War.

Epigoni: 

Epigoni Sets out on a journey of meaning.

The Little Iliad: 

The Little Iliad What happens after the Trojan War?

Nostoi: 

Nostoi Return home of the Greek Soldiers after the Trojan War.

Phocais : 

Phocais Epic dedicated to Homer.

The Epic Cycle: 

The Epic Cycle All of Homers works put into one grouping.

Greek Language: 

Greek Language Aeloc Greek Epic Greek Ionic Greek Dactylic hexameter

The End: 

The End