Evidence from Homer
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The recent Homeric Scholarship has proved that Iliad is the culmination of a protracted oral transmission of past events by epic poetry improvised and performed by singers. A few examples of information transmitted in the Iliad from the, late Bronze Age to the period of Homer In the eighth century B.C., are presented.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 2004
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The games people played
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The Old Century Games of the World, produced by the Front Porch Classics, is highlighted. It is a package of seven popular ancient games.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 2004
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