I rather thought the premise of the story was the dominant view among classicists, so I scanned the article thinking there might have been some new development.

I rather thought the premise of the story was the dominant view among classicists, so I scanned the article thinking there might have been some new development. Turns out, the purpose of the article is to tease a new biography of Parry (the one who nominally "killed" Homer), written by Robert Kanigel called “Hearing Homer’s Song”.