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.
The poem is about some events that took place in final years of Trojan war that took place between Greece and Troy. Iliad is a big epic running into 24 books and covering events spread over a period of 54 days, Odyssey which is a sequel to Iliad was also written by Homer. Not much is known about Homer. According to traditions he was blind.