Is the Homeric Epic a Myth?

i think that there very well could have been a historical hector and achilles a and an odysseus a. But obviously the stories of these have been greatly amplified, and a a lot of myth has been put in in there. So are you thinking of the genesis account in similar terms? Yes, that's exactly right. In my book, i focused primarily on egyptian and mesopotamian myths because these are the most relevant to genesis onet 11. The homeric myths, the greek myths come too late to have been an influence on the traditions that are embodied in genesis one to 11. Nevertheless, i did do a little bit of reading in the