The library at Alexandria was where the early scholarship on Homer was <i>done</i>.<p>&gt; The Alexandrine grammarians undertook the critical revision of the works of classical Greek literature,[3] particularly those of Homer, and their studies were profoundly influential,[4] marking the beginning of the Western grammatical tradition.[5] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Alexandrine_grammarians" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Alexandrine_grammarians</a><p>(Not arguing with your point about usefulness in general; just twitching when it came to the Iliad.)