> Don't be filthy Robin.
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> My point was, and is, (a) where the hell do you come from making a
> pronouncement like that,
Just done a quick google and refreshed my memory -- it was Samuel Butler who
first suggested this. And then there's Robert Graves. To be honest, I
think that's probably the lot (or at least all I know about -- I stopped the
google search when I hit Butler and my memory clicked).
> and (b) does it matter anyway?
Well, I think it would be interesting to know, but I'd agree that in any
fundamental sense it doesn't matter.
I think more important is the sense that the Illiad and the Odyssey have
different authors. Or something, perhaps there's a better way of putting
this than in terms of "the author".
Robin
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