7 MEDITERRÁNEO

“In the final analysis, it may be a greater

challenge to isolate and appreciate, what is Greek
in Homeric poetry than to enumerate its foreign
sources. Exploring the many treasures common
to Homeric and Near Eastern Epic, including the
Hebrew Bible, enables modern readers to join
archaeologists and recover the lost unity of
ancient Mediterranean literature and life”.

Sarah Morris, “Homer and the Near East”.

7.1 Un estudio filosófico-histórico