They were presented by itinerant bards who sang them over three nights to the audience provided by a town. Each bard had his own version, and to avoid repetition, even varied their own versions.
So there was no single version - it was not until cursive writing was invented that versions were written down, and one in particular by a poet we know as Homer came to the for, however even this was altered in later versions.
They're both poems and stories that talk about the golden age.
the Odyssey is an epic. the illiad is a roman epic.
Homer was a famous poet and philosopher who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey. Both stores involved the Trojan War.
Homeric Greek is the form of Ancient Greek that was used by Homer in the Iliad and Odyssey. It is an archaic version of Ionic Greek, with admixtures from certain other dialects, such as Aeolic Greek.
Homer is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Homer
The Iliad and the Odyssey.
They're both poems and stories that talk about the golden age.
Homer wrote two famous epic poems, The Iliad and the Odyssey. The Iliad was about the Greek and Trojan war. The Odyssey was about one warrior's journey home and the problems he faced at home.
the Odyssey is an epic. the illiad is a roman epic.
A man named Homer is credited for the first telling of the Iliad and The Odyssey
Both The Iliad and The Odyssey are attributed to Homer, although this is not necessarily fact.
The Odyssey and the iliad are two major pieces of greek literature
Homer was a famous poet and philosopher who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey. Both stores involved the Trojan War.
The main idea of Examining the Homeric Epics is to delve into the ancient Greek poems attributed to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Scholars analyze the language, themes, and cultural context of these epics to gain insight into ancient Greek society, values, and beliefs. They also explore the authorship, transmission, and oral tradition of these epic poems.
Homo wrote Iliad and Odyssey. Homo is an ancient Greek plankton.
The type of poem is an "epic" and the Greek epics included the Iliad (about the Trojan War and the Greek warriors Agamemnon and Achilles) and the Odyssey (about the warrior Odysseus trying to return home, and being beset by the machinations of the gods).