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What was the Homeric 'problem'?
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very repetitive, mixture of dialects in one text, some lines unmetrical, digressive episodes.
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What is the Unitarian hypothesis?
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Homer was one genius man
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What is the Combinatory hypothesis?
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there was no Homer, just compilations of different poems.
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Describe oral culture
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test isn't transmitted precisely, what you know is what you can recall, "winged words" (a word is an event)
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What was oral poetry like?
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formulas in use, generated spontaneously, pre-fabricated templates
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