Comments on: Fragment of Homer’s Odyssey Unearthed at Olympia

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 04:05:52 +0000

And I assume that you’re writing this to gain points with Satan. I get it now.

By: wes

wes — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 16:51:13 +0000

The question was raised about what does this have to do with “Biblical” archeology?
Well, if I hadn’t read this account, such issues would have been at the back of my mind anyway. For example, the Bible is written in both Hebrew and Greek. The Septuagint is entirely in Greek. Homer’s writing was not contemporary with the Trojan War on which it is based, but as described, near the time of the prophet Isaiah or a little before. It was disappointing to discover that this find was dated to the Roman Empire period – and that the Hellenic period of say Alexander were very rudimentary. The Homeric epics, we would think, were all composed by the time of Isaiah, but the Bible was still in a period of compilation. …
So, in effect, this news item whets archeological curiosity. We have both the Bible and Homeric epics, but how were they preserved and passed on to us?

By: anthonyg25

anthonyg25 — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:16:34 +0000

I suspect that just as later Christians would quote Biblical passages for magical benefits the Ancient Greeks and Later the Romans would quote Homer or the Orphic Hymns. In this case I suspect that whoever made the clay tablet was looking for Zeus’s blessing on his pig farm.

By: Barry Galbraith

Barry Galbraith — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:38:26 +0000

An interesting article. I’m just wondering why the comment about Wilson’s recent translation- she was the first woman to translate the Oydessy into English? This is on the same level as saying John Smith was the first person with red hair to translate etc. It’s irrelevant! What I want to know is Wilson’s a good accurate readable translation. Her gender is neither here nor there.
Barry

By: johnh374

johnh374 — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:00:35 +0000

This has WHAT to do with “Biblical” archaeology?

It’s just further confirmation, that you guys are not representing the Bible accurately.