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The Iliad and the Odyssey: composition, performance and setting (audio)

Adam Nicholson discusses our limited knowledge of ±«Óãtvr the individual and contrasts it with the wealth of information about his contemporary world that we can infer from his writing. He highlights how ±«Óãtvr drew upon a long existing oral tradition to compose his epic poems and presents a description of the possible setting of the earliest performances of The Iliad and The Odyssey. He concludes by describing how clearly the contemporary setting in which ±«Óãtvr lived may be experienced through his literature.

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3 minutes