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Before ‘The Iliad,’ Did Homer Write the World’s First Comedy?

Lost Masterpieces

Before ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey,’ Homer’s very first work—if Homer actually existed—is named ‘Margites,’ after its main character who was nothing short of a bumbling idiot.

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