And suddenly, I'm feeling very small in a very big world, as opposed to small in a very small world, which is where I'm usually so fucking comfortable.
guess what it's me and my new friend the rake brush (and very dry oil brush) which were perfect for Sam's shaggy Projekt Funball coat and of course, Veth would rock the whole outfit
For further reading, please check out Martin West's "The Homeric Question Today".
Additional caveats and comic text after the cut:
Additional Caveats:
Writing in Greece existed during the Bronze Age in the form of Linear B (and other systems such as Linear A on Minoan Crete), but after the subsequent collapse of Bronze Age civilization, the system disappeared from Greece.
The first mention of Homer as the author of both poems comes from comes from 520 BCE, a century or more after the poems were created. Prior to this, there was much debate even in ancient times as to the poems' origins, some citing different authors, others saying the creators were anonymous.
Comic Text:
Title: Greek History 101 with Prince Zagreus
Subtitle: The Homeric Question
Written and drawn by Argetcross. Colors by Spleen.
[Panel 1]
NARRATION: Although he might not look it, the Prince is quite the avid reader.
NARRATION: Stuck in the Underworld, it's the only way he learns about the heroes of old. He particularly likes the Iliad and the Odyssey.
TEXT AROUND ACHILLES: The mistakes of my youth.... Embarrassing (<- A Hero of Old)
[Panel 2]
ZAGREUS: To create such a work, Homer must be a poet to rival Orpheus!
[Panel 3]
HERMES: Actually did you know Homer might have never existed?
ZAGREUS: Huh?
[Panel 4]
NARRATION (HERMES): Before the Phoenician alphabet came to Greece (~8th century BC), all the tales were sung by oral poets! They were the ones passing the story down.
NARRATION (HERMES): When the Iliad and Odyssey were written down, those writers certainly used the work of the poets before them. Scholars even believe the two epics were written at different times by different people!
HERMES: So you see, it really was the work of generations that made these poems. (Also there is no record of a man named Homer.)
[Panel 5]
ZAGREUS: You're a sly guy, putting your name on so many people's work...
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