Odyssey | |
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Oldest-known manuscript fragment of the
Odyssey, produced in
Ptolemaic Egypt during the 3rd century BC and unearthed in Medinet Ghoram
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Original title | Ὀδύσσεια |
Translator | See English translations of Homer |
Written | c. 8th century BC |
Language | Homeric Greek |
Genre(s) | Epic |
Form | Epic poem |
Rhyme scheme | None |
Lines | 12,109 |
Preceded by | The Iliad |
Metre | Dactylic hexameter |
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Odyssey | |
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Oldest-known manuscript fragment of the
Odyssey, produced in
Ptolemaic Egypt during the 3rd century BC and unearthed in Medinet Ghoram
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|
Original title | Ὀδύσσεια |
Translator | See English translations of Homer |
Written | c. 8th century BC |
Language | Homeric Greek |
Genre(s) | Epic |
Form | Epic poem |
Rhyme scheme | None |
Lines | 12,109 |
Preceded by | The Iliad |
Metre | Dactylic hexameter |
Full text | |
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