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7 results for "Homer"
A_3_11 — Homeric Hymns: Divine Preludes and the Gods of Olympus
The Homeric Hymns are a collection of 33 hexameter poems addressed to individual Greek deities, composed between approximately 750 and 500 BCE and attributed in antiquity to Homer — though they are the work of multiple a
D_2_05 — Troy (Hisarlik): Schliemann, Stratigraphy, and the Birth of Field Archaeology
Troy (modern Hisarlik, northwestern Turkey) is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, identified with the legendary city of Homer's Iliad. The mound contains at least nine major stratigraphic layers sp
U_4_09 — Poetry & Verse as Knowledge Vessel
Poetry — structured, rhythmic, and densely composed language — served as humanity's primary technology of knowledge preservation for millennia before widespread literacy.
U_4_02 — Oral Literature — Epic, Myth, and Memory Before Writing
Before writing systems emerged (~3400 BCE in Sumer), all human knowledge was transmitted orally — through epic recitation, song, ritual chant, and structured narrative. The oral-formulaic theory developed by Milman Parry
ZG_2_04 — Oral-Formulaic Composition — Parry-Lord Theory
The oral-formulaic theory (also called the Parry-Lord theory) is one of the most influential discoveries in 20th-century humanities: the demonstration that great oral epics like Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were not compose
ZC_2_02 — Collective Memory and Cultural Transmission of Myth
Collective memory — the shared pool of knowledge and information held by a group — is the mechanism by which myths, traditions, and historical narratives are transmitted across generations. This document surveys the scho
W_1_26 — Mycenaean Civilization
The Mycenaean civilization (c. 1600–1100 BCE) was the first major civilization of mainland Greece and the dominant power of the Aegean during the Late Bronze Age. Named after the citadel of Mycenae in the Argolid (northe
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