Turmeric has been used for thousands of years as a medicinal preparation and a preservative and coloring agent in foods. Curcumin was isolated as the major yellow pigment in turmeric; chemically diferulomethane, and has a polyphenolic molecular structure similar to other plant pigments (eg.
The Odyssey by Homer Written 800 B.C.E. Context. NEARLY THREE THOUSAND YEARS after they were composed, the Iliad and theOdyssey remain two of the most celebrated and widely read stories ever told, yet next to nothing is known about their author.
Homer to Plato: Boris Johnson on the ten greatest ancient Greeks. (...and yes, if your ancient Greek is a little rusty, translations of the quotes are included) 1. HOMER (c.700 BC) Homer is simply the greatest writer of all time. He wrote the epic Greek poems, of course - The Iliad and The Odyssey - so you need no further proof. The latter is about good old Odysseus and his ten-year journey home following the fall of Troy. It's over 12,000 lines long and is an astonishing feat of literary endeavour.