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Homer: Homer Megan Wipper
World History I
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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
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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