Arts: The "Homeric Question" has been running for 2,500 years…

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Did you know? The "Homeric Question" has been running for 2,500 years: did one person (Homer) write the Iliad and Odyssey, or are these stitchings-together of earlier oral traditions? Stylometric analyses suggest the two works are not by the same hand — but the debate remains open.

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The "Homeric Question" has been running for 2,500 years: did one person (Homer) write the Iliad and Odyssey, or are these stitchings-together of earlier oral traditions? Stylometric analyses suggest the two works are not by the same hand — but the debate remains open.

De "Homerische kwestie" duurt al 2.500 jaar: schreef één persoon (Homerus) de Ilias en Odyssee, of zijn het samenvoegingen van eerdere mondelinge tradities? Stilometrische analyses suggereren dat beide werken niet van dezelfde hand komen — maar de discussie ligt nog open.

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