myth interpretation · MYTHINT-ODYSSEY-COLLAPSE-SETTING
Traditional heroic-age setting versus later composition
The Odyssey is set after the traditional fall of Troy but reached its surviving epic form centuries later.
Review and provenance
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Research assessment
Research description
The website should display at least four dates separately: the traditional date assigned to Troy's fall, the possible historical substrates, the oral-development period, and the eighth-century BCE composition of the surviving epic form.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides eighth century composition context
The Odyssey: The Story of Odysseus in the Ancient World — Ashmolean Museum - supports · provides pre Homeric Horse tradition context
Horses, Ships, and Earthquakes: The Trojan Horse in Myth and Art — Lauren Murphy (2017)