THE ILLIAD
Book Review The Iliad The name “Homer” is synonymous with great tales of heroic poetry. Although this genre of poetry hails the distinctness of being “Homeric” it is not certain that Homer himself actually existed. The book Prolegomena ad Hoerum, published in 1795 CE. written by F.A. Wolf, translated “The Homeric Problem”, set in motion numerous debates among scholars concerning Homers existence, and the fact that Homer may have been a group of writers, and not just one man. If we accept that Homer existed, we believe that Homer, was a blind Greek bard, that tr ....
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