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Homer
[Mentioned in Science and Health, pp. 82 and 199]
Homer is known as the father of the epic. The ancient Greeks thought that both the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" were composed by him. However, they knew little about him. Seven cities claimed him as their son. Various dates varying from 1100 B.C. to 850 B.C. are given for his life. Tradition, probably correct, claims that he was blind. Something entirely certain is that the two poems were the authority to which the ancient Greeks turned unquestioningly for details of a civilization that had disappeared. Archaeology has largely confirmed Homer's picture of Troy and his location of Mycenaean centers of civilization.
At one time there were those who believed that the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" were collections of lays assembled from different sources. In the eighteenth century many scholars accepted the theory that the "Iliad"' was the work of a single author, as was the "Odyssey," but they did not believe that these works were by the same author. Homer was a term used to designate "all those who somehow composed and assembled Greek epic."
Today many scholars are again believing in the unity of authorship of the two poems. Both poems have a similar structure, and the chief characters in the "Iliad" appear in the "Odyssey," even though they are not essential to the story.
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January 9, 1960 issue
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WHAT, ACTUALLY, IS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE?
ALFRED PITTMAN
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LET US BE HAPPY
RUTH FAGUNDUS
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LOVE ALONE HAS POWER
JOHN MILFORD TODD
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LOOKING UP TO GOD
GEORGIA LA FOLLETTE SCHAD
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NEW BIRTH
Robert Ellis Key
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"TO THIS END WAS I BORN"
FRANK TURNER
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THERE ARE NO SCARS IN GOD'S REALM
PEARL IRENE REID
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WHY I DO NOT DRINK OR SMOKE
JOSEPH G. HEARD
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THE INVISIBLE REAL
Helen Wood Bauman
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MAKING DECISIONS
Ralph E. Wagers
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I came into Christian Science...
Stephen G. Jordan
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Christian Science is the most. . .
Hazel Hamm
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When I was introduced to Christian Science...
Piloo Keki Arajanwala
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Before coming into Christian Science,...
Mildred K. Eyler
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When I was two years old, I had...
Winifred I. Perrins
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Through the study of Christian Science...
Richard M. Bacon
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Christian Science came into my...
Evelyn M. Moore
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I became interested in Christian Science...
Urma Ruth Hargus
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Signs of the Times
Harry A. Bullis