![]() Speaking from his home in England, Nicolson describes how being caught in a storm at sea inspired his passion for Homer, how the oral bards of the Scottish Hebrides may hold the key to understanding Homer's works, and why smartphones are connecting us to ancient oral traditions in new and surprising ways.Ībout ten years ago, I set off sailing with a friend of mine. In Why Homer Matters, historian and award-winning author Adam Nicolson suggests that Homer be thought of not as a person but as a tradition and that the works attributed to him go back a thousand years earlier than generally believed. ![]() ![]() But almost nothing is known about their author and the date and manner of their creation. The Iliad and The Odyssey are two of the key works of Western civilization. ![]()
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