... Odyssey; only compiled over the centuries by many different storytellers. Certainly, it is known that the stories that comprise these two works come from a long mythological tradition. The Iliad in particular, is an especially well documented oral tradition, and its stories would have been quite familiar to Homer's audiences before the epic was written down. Interestingly, the style of the Iliad, its similarity ... ...

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