the point is that even the original ancient Greek audience would not have had, nor been expected by the author to have, an accurate conception of what it was like to live several hundred years before their own time. historical accuracy has never been a necessary, or even intended, aspect of the work
I mean he probably assumed and intended them to be thought of as looking more like his time than the setting. So that could be another point of “historical authenticity”, setting it to time period of Homer.
Some people just enjoy that sort of “accuracy” even in this type of work. It can be neat
the point is that even the original ancient Greek audience would not have had, nor been expected by the author to have, an accurate conception of what it was like to live several hundred years before their own time. historical accuracy has never been a necessary, or even intended, aspect of the work
I mean he probably assumed and intended them to be thought of as looking more like his time than the setting. So that could be another point of “historical authenticity”, setting it to time period of Homer.
Some people just enjoy that sort of “accuracy” even in this type of work. It can be neat