Such statements, heard for the first time, may sound strange. They would have sounded strange even to the ancient Greeks themselves.
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Homer is attributed with the authorship of the “Iliad” and the “Odyssey” from the 6th century BC, when ancient Greek civilization was still quite young, and the Trojan War was only a few centuries, not millennia, old event.
Assuming that Homer did not exist or at least did not write the “Iliad” and the “Odyssey,” many new questions arise.
If not Homer, then who is the author of these works and how did they come about?
And how did the legend of a blind bard, who created two of the most important literary works of Western civilization, originate back in ancient Greece?
There is no factual evidence confirming Homer’s existence
It is traditionally believed that Homer created the “Iliad” and the “Odyssey” in the 8th century BC.
Initially, these works were mostly performed orally during festivals or other occasions and passed down by word of mouth, and eventually around the 6th century BC were written down.
