Conclusion

This concluding chapter reviews the book’s contributions to the understanding of three kinds of Homeric texts: oral texts, dictated texts, and wild texts. It discusses how the book overlaps with scholarship on the intersections between orality and textuality in both classical studies and numerous other disciplines. It ends by suggesting three ways future research into Homeric texts may proceed: one should continue to investigate what factors enable the production of lengthy oral texts, how oral poets can engage intertextually with their peers, and the ways in which writing poets can work in an oral traditional style.

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