How Old Are the Oldest Manuscripts?

The Iliad is one of the greatest works of literature in human history. It’s like an action movie, but written in poetry, with some of the most moving scenes and beautiful imagery in the history of books. You should read it! But what are you reading when you read the Iliad? Most of us are vaguely aware of the history of the book. It is the story of a war between Greeks and Trojans — an event that may have really happened; historians aren’t sure. But the real war probably doesn’t at all resemble what happens in the book, which is heavy on melodrama and the supernatural. You probably learned in school that the poem was passed down orally, maybe sung, for centuries, until a guy named Homer wrote it all down around the year 700 BCE. Unless Homer didn’t really exist, which is entirely possible. <a href="https://worldhistory.medium.com/how-old-are-the-oldest-manuscripts-c29eab221cee">Read More</a>