Homer, Iliad. Edited by Walter Leaf. 2 vols, 2nd edition (1900-1902)
Homer (10th-9th c. BC?) Iliad Odyssey Earliest records of works are from 8th c. BC.
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Transcript of Homer (10th-9th c. BC?) Iliad Odyssey Earliest records of works are from 8th c. BC.
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Homer (10th-9th c. BC?)
Iliad
Odyssey
Earliest records of works are from8th c. BC
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Trojan War, c. 1200 BC?
Paris of Troy
Helen
Menelaus of Sparta
Odysseus of Ithaca
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Odysseus has been sent to Underworld bysorceress Circe to consult ghost of seerTiresias on how Odysseus can get home
Story is told retrospectively by Odysseuswhile at the court of Alcinous, king ofthe Phaeacians
Odyssey, Book 11
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Collection of Middle Eastern folk tales
Earliest versions (9th c.) Hazar Afsana(Persian, 1000 Tales) and Alf Layla(Arabic, 1000 Nights)
Named changed to Alf Layla wa Layla (1001Nights), probably in 12th c.
Last definitely genuine additions in 16th c.
Arabian Nights/1001 Nights
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Shahrazad, who tells unfinished stories everynight to keep her husband/king fromexecuting her! Story based on Indianfolktale
1001 Nights influenced by traditions fromIndia, Persia, Arabia, ancient Egypt,Turkish Asia Minor, Jewish diaspora,Mesopotamia and more…
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Influenced by the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Story within story told by Yamlika, Queen ofSerpents, to a woodcutter named Hasib
Jewish king Bulukiya on quest to find ring ofSulaiman (Solomon) with advisor Affan
Yamlika provides them with plant juice thatenables them to cross Seven Seas
The Tale of Bulukiya
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Bulukiya and Affan cross Seven Seas, havingadventures on the way. They come to thetomb of Sulaiman but fail to obtain ringbecause Bulukiya mispronounces spellmeant to enable Affan to take ring. Affanis killed
Bulukiya encounters party of jinn (genies) whointroduce him to their king. He learnsabout origin of jinn and is then transportedhome
The Tale of Bulukiya