[SunkenCiv]

The very late Samuel Butler was of the opinion that the Odyssey was written by a woman. Since it is really just a romance novel from ancient times, I find that plausible. So did the late (and probably better known) Robert Graves. Butler's view was that a princess living on or near Sicily (in one of the "Greater Greece" colonies wrote the Odyssey and used various sites and sights familiar to her from her surroundings to cook up the various trials and tribulations of Odysseus.

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[ASA Vet]

The articles title should have been, "An epic battle on Homer's sex?"

[nopardons]

THE ILLIAD really is a man's book and yes, THE ODYSSEY is more of a romantic adventure book; however, many male authors, throughout recorded history, HAVE written such books. Robert Graves IS such a one. LOL

[shamusotoole]

Homer knew too much about ships and their workings to have been female. The only way to win this argument is not to argue.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

The very late Samuel Butler was of the opinion that the Odyssey was written by a woman. Since it is really just a romance novel from ancient times, I find that plausible. So did the late (and probably better known) Robert Graves. Butler's view was that a princess living on or near Sicily (in one of the "Greater Greece" colonies wrote the Odyssey and used various sites and sights familiar to her from her surroundings to cook up the various trials and tribulations of Odysseus.

Graves's wrote a novel, Homer's Daughter, that proposes that Nausicaa was the author of The Odyssey, basing it on events from her life.

When I reviewed it for a website, seven years ago, I give is a middling review. "This a well-crafted novel, but weak characterizations and lack of any real surprise keep it from being anything special," was how I summarized it. I'm wondering now, how much that was just that it didn't quite measure up to I, Claudius.

[Pharmboy]

Uhhh...let's make everybody happy: maybe Homer was gay. /sarcasm