# AH23 - The World of Homer

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Podcast: [Ancient History Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancient-history-podcast-6739767)
Published: 2025-11-01T01:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3927

## Resource

In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Michael B. Cosmopoulos about the history and archaeology behind the Homeric epics, the nature of oral poetry and social memory, and how these elements contributed to the creation of the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey'.

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