"Like Beowulf, the Greek epics Iliad and Odyssey have also generated much debate about their authorship and composition.
Conventionally attributed to a single author—Homer—both works
nevertheless clearly originate in a long oral tradition and show signs
of considerable evolution in the course of their transmission history,
including the possible influence of written versions[37,38]. Since the
two Homeric epics have numerous features in common, we hypothesized that they might also have a similar pattern of sense-pauses.
However, as shown in Fig. 2a, the Odyssey has a higher proportion of
intraline sense-pauses relative to the Iliad. This difference suggests
a slight change of compositional practice between the two Greek
poems, whether due to a single poet’s stylistic evolution or natural variation across the oral tradition. "
"Like Beowulf, the Greek epics Iliad and Odyssey have also generated much debate about their authorship and composition. Conventionally attributed to a single author—Homer—both works nevertheless clearly originate in a long oral tradition and show signs of considerable evolution in the course of their transmission history, including the possible influence of written versions[37,38]. Since the two Homeric epics have numerous features in common, we hypothesized that they might also have a similar pattern of sense-pauses. However, as shown in Fig. 2a, the Odyssey has a higher proportion of intraline sense-pauses relative to the Iliad. This difference suggests a slight change of compositional practice between the two Greek poems, whether due to a single poet’s stylistic evolution or natural variation across the oral tradition. "