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In this article, the writer analyzes Homer's narrative strategies and their effects in 'The Odyssey'. The writer notes that it is believed that Homer composed The Odyssey, although it is not known for certain. The writer discusses that up until the time of the first written stories, myths were passed on orally. The writer discusses that little survives of the earliest written myths, but of those that do, Homer's 'Odyssey' and 'Iliad' stand in a prominent position.

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"If this is true, then he would have composed it within the time period of 750 to 700 BC. What is known for sure is that this was within the very earliest days of written stories. Up till then, myths had mainly been passed on by oral storytellers. As has been pointed out by Martin, myths seem to have originated as social performances, and then to have evolved into written form."

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