The Beta-tradition: on the origin of the Iliad

By Ward Blonde

The European Beta-tradition is the second in the series of five Homeric oral traditions that Ward Blond discovered in the Iliad. In contrast to the Mykenaian Alpha-tradition, the Beta-tradition has its origins in the proto-Celtic Europe of the Tumulus and Urnfield cultures; it describes a society of clans who fought each other to death on the battlefield. The European Beta-tradition is so realistic and varied in its descriptions that it must have originated in a warrior culture.Blond 's discovery of the European Beta-tradition provides insights into the Homeric question about the origin of the Iliad and the Odyssey and into European prehistory. The framework of the Iliad as a whole appears to be an age-old narrative originating from the Central European Bronze Age. In addition, Blond presents a theory that explains the presence of the European Beta-tradition in Greece. In doing so, Blond sheds light on the mysterious issues of the Sea Peoples, the movements of the Urnfield Peoples, the fall of the Mykenaian Empire and Hittite Empire, the destruction of Troy, the invasion of the Dorians and the Dark Ages in Greece.Ward Blond is a doctor in applied biological sciences and works as a data programmer in Ghent. He has studied the Iliad and the Odyssey in his free time since 2000.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1096480441
• ISBN13: 9781096480440
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"