How do we know that people actually memorized epic poems like The Iliad and The Odyssey?
Scholars once doubted that pre-literate peoples could ever have composed and recited poems as long as the Odyssey, according to Matthew Wills from JStor Daily… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free right now! Who was Homer? Or, to put it another way, who wrote Homer? The … Read more