Open AccessREPORT ON THE DATING THE ODYSSEY
Author(s) -
Regula Schmid
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
akroterion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
0eISSN - 2079-2883
pISSN - 0303-1896
DOI - 10.7445/53-0-45
Subject(s) - trojan , wife , history , literature , classics , ancient history , spanish civil war , art , genealogy , archaeology , philosophy , theology , astronomy , physics
STUDY SUPPORTS ACCURACY OF GREEK POET HOMER, SETS DATE FOR ODYSSEUS’ RETURN FROM TROJAN WAR
Using clues from star and sun positions mentioned by the ancient Greek poet Homer, scholars think they have determined the date when King Odysseus returned from the Trojan War and slaughtered a group of suitors who had been pressing his wife to marry one of them.