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Question regarding the Iliad and Odyssey. Did the "ancients", lets say the greeks after the time of Alexander the Great and the romans afterwards, did they read (I know they were originally recited) the same versions of those two works or were there still multiple "versions" of them? Do we know when did they start having "standard" versions? Also, do we have a concrete date of the first mention of either poems?
Bonus question.
Do we know if the other Epic Cycle works were still known during late antiquity? When do we start losing tracks of them?
Can anyone recommend "scholarly" books abouts those two works?
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ffs man
>b-but i want anon opinions
go fuck yourself then
>>8114130
I have. You have links? If not, shush.
>>8114098
Not sure about any of your main questions, but as for the bonus question: basically nobody cared about the rest of the epic cycle. Homer is idolized and constantly referenced as early as Plato, and the rest of the story of Troy is never even mentioned. Homer is THE poet, Achilles and Odysseus are THE heroes. I haven't seen any indications that anyone really cared how the Trojan war concluded until Virgil basically decided to finish writing the story. Even then loads of minor stories, like the arrival at Troy of a younger generation of soldiers, sons of the heroes already fallen.
Loeb "Greek epic fragments" is ok for the rest of the epic cycle, but honestly you won't glean too much from it if you're not used to reading fragmented texts. Also I saw some book on amazon called "the epic cycle," but considering how little source material survived and how little it seems to have been cared about, I never bothered with it, but you may want to check it out.
>>8114456
I read the Loeb book, it was interesting but just not enough, a pity.
I guess a bump, if theres anybody out there knowledgeable enough.