Prolegomena ad Homerum, sive, De operum Homericorum prisca et genuina forma variisque mutationibus et probabili ratione emendandi
1795
This 1795 work by Friedrich August Wolf argues that the Homeric epics were not composed by a single author but evolved through oral tradition, fundamentally challenging traditional assumptions about the authorship and composition of the Iliad and Odyssey.
Criticism and interpretationEarly works to 1800Greek Epic poetryHistory and criticismMythology, Greek, in literatureOral traditionLiterary studies: classical, early & medievalNovels, other prose & writers