Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

Myths of the Odyssey in art and literature

by Jane Ellen Harrison

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19th century
Language: English

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HOMERIC scholars and comparative mythologists tell us that the stories with which the Odyssey is thick-strewn were not invented by Homer; that he took the folk-lore that lay ready to hand, and wove its diverse legends into an epic whole; that many of his myths are the common property of both Aryan and non-Aryan peoples.

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