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.
Homer: Even though historians cannot decide whether an actual poet named Homer ever really lived, these stories were the inspiration for much of Greek literature. The Iliad: The Iliad tells the story of Achilles, who was Greeceâs best warrior, who fought in the battle against Troy.