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minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up61·1 day agoIt’s likely that Homer didn’t author the Odyssey, but rather wrote down the oral tradition that already existed.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·1 day agoIt’s likely Marge did the actual writing and let Homer take the credit.
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoHe was thinking of calling it “all work and no go on adventure make Odysseus something something”
minus-squarerustydrd@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoIf Marge was the author, large potatoes would feature more prominently in the story.
minus-squareeurodyne@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoIt’s also uncertain whether Homer was even a real person himself.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoWould the name Homer not just refer to the person/people who wrote these stories down or is there more to it than that?
minus-squareeurodyne@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agopossibly-- Homer may have been an actual person, or the name may just refer to an amalgamation of people who compiled many myths and legends, passed down for generations through oral tradition, to paper, once and for all.
minus-squareCuriousRefugee@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·1 day agoOh yes, please tell me more about this oral tradition of the ancient Greeks! ;)
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 day agoSomething something only male apprentices for male scholars something something the semen contains the knowledge…that’s about the jizz of it
It’s likely that Homer didn’t author the Odyssey, but rather wrote down the oral tradition that already existed.
It’s likely Marge did the actual writing and let Homer take the credit.
He was thinking of calling it “all work and no go on adventure make Odysseus something something”
If Marge was the author, large potatoes would feature more prominently in the story.
It’s also uncertain whether Homer was even a real person himself.
Would the name Homer not just refer to the person/people who wrote these stories down or is there more to it than that?
possibly-- Homer may have been an actual person, or the name may just refer to an amalgamation of people who compiled many myths and legends, passed down for generations through oral tradition, to paper, once and for all.
Oh yes, please tell me more about this oral tradition of the ancient Greeks! ;)
Something something only male apprentices for male scholars something something the semen contains the knowledge…that’s about the jizz of it