They Discover a Fragment of “The Odyssey” From Almost 2,000 Years Ago in a Library in the Netherlands
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The papyrus had spent decades among the funds of the University of Utrecht without knowing its true origin. The analysis has revealed that it contains several verses of the song XII of Homer’s work
A small piece of scroll, forgotten for decades among ancient manuscripts, revealed verses from one of the fundamental works of Greek literature. The discovery was made at the University of Utrecht and dates back to the early centuries of the Christian era.
A rare 1,700-year-old fragment of Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey" has been discovered among the pages of a book in a library. AzEdu.az reports, citing foreign media, that the find was revealed during the study of ancient manuscripts kept in the collection of Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Radboud University researcher Dr. Mar...
The discovery was made by Dr. Mark de Kraay, professor of Greek at Radboud University, while participating in a research project for the study and publication of ancient manuscripts.
A researcher ran a collection of ancient Egyptian texts into a library in the Netherlands when he came across a broken piece of parchment that hid an essential episode of one of the most famous works of ancient literature: a fragment of "Homer's Odyssey."
Ancient Greek literature expert Mark de Creil discovered a fragment of Homer's Odyssey among Egyptian manuscripts in the library of Utrecht University. The researcher came across a small piece of parchment while working with early Christian manuscripts acquired by the university library in the middle of the 20th century, writes Live Science. According to de Creie, he immediately recognized lines from Homer's epic in the text. “Odyssey has a lot …
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