• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 hours ago

    the Odyssey and the Iliad were assembled from a bunch of older stories

    Very possible

    and that a couple of those journeys went across the Atlantic

    Total bullshit

    • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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      43 minutes ago

      Probably, but not as insane as you might first think. We already know the Vikings managed it, and in the Pacific, many islands were populated by people who didn’t have anywhere near the ships that the Mediterranean civilizations had, and yet covered distances just as far as you would have to cross if you were taking the northern route across the Atlantic.