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.
It's a mistake to think of Homer as a person, says the author of Why Homer Matters. View Images. Dating to about 750 B.C., this bust is said to be of the Greek poet Homer, author of The Iliad and The Odysseyâepic poems passed down orally by bards long before they were written down.