HISTORY
THE WORLD TODAY
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Question
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900 B.C
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750 B.C
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340 B.C
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Iliad was likely written around 750-700 BCE, while historians agree that the Odyssey was written around 750-650 BCE.
Detailed explanation-2: -Homer is the presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two hugely influential epic poems of ancient Greece.
Detailed explanation-3: -Scholars date the writing of the Odyssey to about 725–675 bce.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Odyssey was composed around the year 700 B.C.E. The poem is set about 500 years earlier, around 1200 B.C.E., a period known as the Bronze Age. The poet imagines this time as a golden age in which kings enjoy extraordinary wealth, warriors possess almost superhuman strength, and women are supernaturally beautiful.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Odyssey is Homer’s epic of Odysseus’ 10-year struggle to return home after the Trojan War. While Odysseus battles mystical creatures and faces the wrath of the gods, his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus stave off suitors vying for Penelope’s hand and Ithaca’s throne long enough for Odysseus to return.