The Homeric Poems

2 1/2 page research report. Very good. The Homeric Poems: Oral or Written Tradition Homer. A name synonomous with Greek literature and poetry. Some call him the most famous and greatest poet of the Greek society. Known for his 'masterpieces' of western literature the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer's poems have been passed down through generations and studied by many. But how did the translations, if they are, infact, the true Homeric poems, get to where they …showed first 75 words of 1072 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1072 total…or were illiterate at one point or another, had no books or writings, and thus used oral tradition to tell the stories. Somwhere along the way, a person might have written the poem down to pass on to other generations. Any way you look at it, the Homeric poems have undertaken both types of tradition throughout the course of time. Work Cited 1. Kirk, G.S. Homer and the Oral Tradition. Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 1976