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To: Red Badger; Homer_J_Simpson; SunkenCiv; Tax-chick; Telepathic Intruder; ALPAPilot; Billthedrill; ...
from the article: "...historian and award-winning author Adam Nicolson suggests that Homer be thought of not as a person but as a tradition..."

Uh, I don't understand, why is this even debatable, when the answer is readily at hand -- why not just ask him?

I mean, we're talking about Homer, right, who posts long stories about a great war, involving unbelievable violence, and brutal slaughter, battles, ship wrecks and long travels home?

So, I'm asking, tell us Homer -- are your for real, are you two people, are you a tradition of the whole community, and is your material original, or do you take it from other sources?
Inquiring minds want to know... but don't give away any secrets, after all, "loose lips sink ships", doncha know.

;-)

54 posted on 01/06/2015 4:46:13 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective.)
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To: BroJoeK
Mistaken Identity

55 posted on 01/06/2015 4:51:17 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BroJoeK; Homer_J_Simpson

Well, isn’t Homer J. sort of a reverse situation to that posited in the original article? That’s a proposal that many people, together, produced a literary work under the name “Homer,” while we have Homer presenting his epic using many names, such as Hanson Baldwin, Drew Middleton, and Ernie Pyle.


56 posted on 01/06/2015 4:55:22 AM PST by Tax-chick (Start the new year right: donate to Free Republic and adopt a kitten!)
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To: BroJoeK
why not just ask him?

The guy NEVER answers his texts. His Facebook page is broken and he hasn't Tweeted in 2800 years. They're gonna close his account if he keeps this stuff up.

64 posted on 01/06/2015 8:19:11 AM PST by Billthedrill
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