Centuries before the New Testament authors wrote their gospels, Homer laid down his own evangelium:
Now royal Odysseus, who had borne the long war, spoke again: …“Your lord is now at hand.And I expect a gift for this good news [evangelion]when he enters his own hall. Till then I would nottake a rag, no matter what my need. …All I say will come to pass!He will return, and he will be avengedon any who dishonor his wife and son.”
The Odyssey has survived the ceaseless war and wear of the ages in part because it reflects what J. R. R. Tolkien’s biographer
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