Did the Greeks study the Odyssey and Iliad like we do now?

Thank you for the A2A, however Chad's answer has this question perfectly covered. The Homeric epics, and other ancient works we still study in schools today, have been on syllabi for millennia already - tragedies, comedies, philosophic texts... Virgil's Aeneid was similarly studied in Ancient Rome. read more

Zenodotus and Aristarchus are the equivalent of today’s college/university who study Homer in depth and teach about them. Yet even before their time, the Iliad and Odyssey were mainstays in Greek education — students would listen to, copy down and then recite sections of the two Homeric epics. read more