If Mr Burns, a provocative vision of post-apocalyptic America, has been slammed, it's because theatre critics know more about Homer than Homer Simpson. More fool them.One of the most tantalising lost works of literature is an epic poem by Homer called Margites, which, unlike the Odyssey and Iliad, has not survived and is known from a reference by Aristotle. So a cultural commentator seeking a neat historical contrast…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM on June 21, 2014