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.
Almost nothing is known about the author or date behind The Iliad and The Odyssey. It's a mistake to think of Homer as a person, says the author of the new book Why Homer Matters. Almost nothing is known about the author or date behind The Iliad and The Odyssey. It's a mistake to think of Homer as a person, says the author of the new book Why Homer Matters.