Homer Manuscript Coming

Apparently, a digitalized version of a 10th century manuscript of the Iliad (which is, of course, *not* one of the poems at issue in that 'centuries-old debate among scholars' known as the 'Homeric Question') is coming soon to a travel center near you on the internet superhighway. The about.com notice sends us here and here, as well.

The 'Euripidean Question'?

When Dennis emailed me about this, I thought it had to be a joke, but apparently not. Notice anything odd in the following?

A University of Iowa graduate student won $8,000 on Tuesday's episode of "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire."

Kecia Lynn decided to walk away with $8,000 rather than answer the $16,000 question: "The Homeric Question" is a centuries-old debate among scholars over the authorship and origins of what two works? If Lynn had guessed incorrectly she would have fallen back to $1,000. The correct answer was Electra and Medea.