Homer lures, ennobles, fascinates, enriches, and stimulates. He is a large poetical encyclopaedia and inevitably a battleground for scholars. Recently, scientists believe that a modern reading of Homer will provide deep insights and even improvements in the field of technology. I think they are right.
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Mikrogiannakis, E. (2008). Autagreton. In: Paipetis, S.A. (eds) Science and Technology in Homeric Epics. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8784-4_2
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