[DallasMike]

Homer's Stories Were More Than Myth

Bart, Marge, and Lisa will be pleased to hear this. Doh!

[RickGee]

There is also apparently a theory that the Gospel of Mark was written in imitation, in a way, of Homer's stories.
The theory, as expressed in one book, is not denying or affirming the life of Jesus, but is simply talking about
the writing style, some events, and some people/roles who appear in both works.

Here is a book review discussing this:

Book Review Link

[Xenalyte]

Recent Finds Prove That Homer's Stories Were More Than Myth

Hey, major Homer bump! I think Grampa's stories are far more in doubt.

"Now, my story begins in 19-dickety-2. We had to say 'dickety' ‘cause the Kaiser had stolen our word 'twenty.' I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles."

Or perhaps:

"We can't bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell them stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days nickels had pictures of bumblebees on them. 'Give me five bees for a quarter', you'd say. Now, where were we? Oh, yeah . . . the important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war; the only thing you could get was those big yellow ones."