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Homeric Question

The Homeric Question concerns the doubts and consequent debate over the identity of Homer, the authorship of the Iliad and Odyssey, and their historicity (especially concerning the Iliad). The subject has its roots in classical antiquity and the scholarship of the Hellenistic period, but has flourished among Homeric scholars of the 19th, 20th, and 21st…

Works, Oral tradition & Identity of Homer

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Oral tradition

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Identity of Homer

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Homeric Question

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Triples103
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027397
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Homeric Question → Academica Press, Adam, Ahuvia, Albert, An Essay, An Introduction, Ancient Greek Literature, Ancient Greeks, Annotated Bibliography, Appleton, Archived, Authority, Bacon-Shakespeare Controversy, Barbara, Biography, Books, California Press, Cambridge University Press, Company, Continuity

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homer iliad homeric odyssey poems tradition oral scholars question isbn wolf work epic bc ancient greek book poetry time parry

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the Iliadinstance ofwhich focused on the problems and questions that arise in conjunction with applying oral-formulaic theory to problematic texts0.80text
the Odysseyinstance ofwhich focused on the problems and questions that arise in conjunction with applying oral-formulaic theory to problematic texts0.80text
even Beowulfinstance ofwhich focused on the problems and questions that arise in conjunction with applying oral-formulaic theory to problematic texts0.80text
influenced nearly all subsequent work on Homerinstance ofwhich focused on the problems and questions that arise in conjunction with applying oral-formulaic theory to problematic texts0.80text
oral-formulaic compositioninstance ofwhich focused on the problems and questions that arise in conjunction with applying oral-formulaic theory to problematic texts0.80text
Homeric Questionrelated to Works citedHomer0.60section
Homeric Questionrelated to Works citedBooks0.60section
Homeric Questionrelated to Works citedBiography0.60section
Homeric Questionrelated to Works citedQuotes0.60section
Homeric Questionrelated to Works citedRead Print Archived0.60section
Homeric Questionrelated to Works citedMarch0.60section
Homeric Questionrelated to Works citedWayback MachineCaldecott0.60section

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