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Homeric Question

The "Homeric Question" is the scholarly inquiry into the authorship, composition, and historical development of the Homeric epics, particularly concerning whether a single poet named Homer authored both the *Iliad* and the *Odyssey* and how oral tradition influenced their formation.

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16

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7

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2017–2026

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Publications

17

Inventing Homer: the early reception of the epic

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 551 citations · Full text

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The Homeric Question and the Oral-Formulaic Theory

William Merritt Sale, Minna Skafte Jensen · The American Journal of Philology · 1983 · 158 citations

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‘Reading the texts’: archaeology and the Homeric question

E.S. Sherratt · Antiquity · 1990 · 137 citations

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Greek epic: a Near Eastern genre?

Johannes Haubold · Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society · 2002 · 88 citations · Full text

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The Homeric Question: A Historical Sketch

Christos Tsagalis · Yearbook of Ancient Greek Epic Online · 2020 · 70 citations

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Authors

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  1. AP
    Adam Parry

    1 publications · 68 citations

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  2. WM
    William Merritt Sale

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    1 publications · 158 citations

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  3. RJ
    Robert J. Mayhew

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  4. ES
    E.S. Sherratt

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 137 citations

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  5. ML
    M. L. West

    Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 34 citations

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Institutions

7

  1. Seton Hall University

    South Orange, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  2. Keele University

    Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  3. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    88 citations

  4. Phillips Exeter Academy

    Exeter, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    50 citations

  5. Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les modèles esthétiques et littéraires

    Reims, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  6. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  7. University College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. The Classical Quarterly

    3 publications · 103 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 597 citations

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  3. Mnemosyne

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. College literature

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  5. American Journal of Archaeology

    1 publications · 61 citations

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