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 (Ancient Greek: á½Î¼Î·ÏÎ¿Ï [homÉËros] , HÃ³mÉËros) homÄros hÃ³mÄros is best known as the author Of the iliad And. The odyssey he was believed by The ancient greeks to have been the first and greatest of the. epic poetserodotus mentions both the Iliad and the Odyssey as works of Homer. He quotes a few lines from them both, which are the same in todayâs editions. The passage quoted from the Iliad mentions that Paris stopped at Sidon before bringing Helen to Troy.