Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet

This book should be listed under science fiction books. The author only speculates without providing any basis or proof, and even worse even his speculations are rehashes from other authors. His arguments can be destroyed by anyone with a basic knowledge of history and language. It was extreamly disappointing and in the entire book there was not even one original thought. The only thing out of this book that is useful are the footnotes, where a reader can get some useful information on other books.

This book's thesis is that the Greek alphabet was adapted by a single person in order to record Homer. While the idea is interesting, the evidence certainly is not definitive. I found the author's arguments unconvincing and hard to follow. However, the book is a good resource for old inscriptions, including some sexually explicit grafitti. The book also provides a good history of the early Greek alphabet and the the Cypriot syllabary.