Mind-Benders of Greek & Roman History
Homer lived closer in time to the Great Pyramid than to us
When the Homeric epics took shape, around the 8th century BCE, the Great Pyramid of Giza was already some 1,800 years old. Homer stands closer in time to the building of that pyramid than to the present day.
How we know
Homer c. 750 BCE (floruit c. 800–700 BCE); Great Pyramid c. 2560 BCE. Pyramid→Homer ≈ 2,560 − 750 = 1,810 yrs; Homer→2026 CE ≈ 2,775 yrs — so closer to the pyramid (holds across his whole floruit).
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