alt Hacker News"Homer was not great literature at the time he his works were written".
They were not written at all. No written literature existed in the time of Homer.
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agumonkey • last Wednesday at 9:53 PM
How long after were these put down as writings ?
"Homer was not great literature at the time he his works were written".
They were not written at all. No written literature existed in the time of Homer.
How long after were these put down as writings ?
I can write a poem in my head without ever writing it down on paper. I still wrote a poem, even if I just pass it along orally.
If I write a song for my girl, I'm not going to hand her a piece of paper with sheet music and lyrics, I'm going to perform it for her. I may write it down, or I may not.
Of course, composed is a more precise word, but everyone still knows what I mean if I replace it with write.