The histories prior to Alexander, which were based on oral
accounts current among the people, were put together later on. There are great
discrepancies among them… It is an accepted fact among historians themselves
that these histories were compiled after Alexander, and that prior to his time
history was transmitted by word of mouth. Note how extremely confused was the
history of Greece, so much so that to this day there is no agreement on the
dates related to the life of Homer, Greece’s far-famed poet. Some even maintain
that Homer never existed at all, and that the name is a fabrication.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet, New resources available at Online Baha’i
Reference Library of the Baha’i World Center)
