event · evt_homeric_composition
Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions
The surviving Homeric epics crystallized centuries after the Late Bronze Age and contain material from multiple historical layers.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Mixed linguistic strata
- Institutions and material culture from more than one period
- Long oral-traditional development
proposed causes
consequences
The broad delay is accepted, but this release needs dedicated Homeric philology sources before publishing finer dates.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: reviewed for v0.1. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
800 BCE–650 BCE
Precision: literary-historical range
lowlinguistic and literary analysis
- informs · provides context
The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age: Continuity and Change between the Twelfth and Eighth Centuries BC — Oliver Dickinson (2006)
Locator: Bronze Age survivals and Iron Age setting - informs · provides context
Horses, Ships, and Earthquakes — Lauren Murphy (2017)
Locator: motif history
Event context
People and places
Participants: Iliad, Odyssey, Trojan War Tradition, Trojan Horse
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Contextual Event
An event included to reconstruct the contemporary world without presuming that it caused the collapse.
Why does this record have this property?
This event is included to reconstruct the wider contemporary system or later memory layer without presuming direct causation.
- The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age: Continuity and Change between the Twelfth and Eighth Centuries BC
supports assignment - Horses, Ships, and Earthquakes
supports assignment
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides context
The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age: Continuity and Change between the Twelfth and Eighth Centuries BC — Oliver Dickinson (2006)Source relationship recorded for Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions.
Locator: Bronze Age survivals and Iron Age setting - informs · provides context
Horses, Ships, and Earthquakes — Lauren Murphy (2017)Source relationship recorded for Composition and Stabilization of Homeric Epic Traditions.
Locator: motif history
Referenced records
- Trojan War Tradition · entity
- Trojan Horse · entity
- Iliad · entity
- Odyssey · entity