Discovery of the "oldest known fragment" of Homer's epic Odyssey in Greece

Greek archaeologists have discovered what they believe to be the oldest known fragment of Homer's "Odyssey."

The Greek Ministry of Culture said Tuesday that a team of Greek and German researchers had found the extract on a clay plate, The Cradle of the Olympic Games on the Peloponnese Peninsula [19659005] It consists of 13 houses of Odyssey and preliminary estimates indicate that it dates back to the Roman era, probably before the 3rd century AD

The Ministry of the Culture says that history has yet to be confirmed. ] The Odyssey poem composed of my father's 12109 And the story of Ulysses, the king of Ithaca, who wandered for 10 years trying to return home after the fall of Troy.

The researchers date the writing of Odyssey, the second great poem attributed to Homer after the Iliad, between 675 and 725 BC almost. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest literary works in the world.

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