original passage: The earliest surviving works of Greek literature are epic poetry. Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" are the earliest to survive to us today, probably composed in the eighth century BC. These early epics were oral compositions, created without the use of writing.
original sentence: These early epics were oral compositions, created without the use of writing.
sentence2: Were Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" created through oral composition?
sentence1: The earliest surviving works of Greek literature are epic poetry. Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" are the earliest to survive to us today, probably composed in the eighth century BC. These early epics were oral compositions created only with speech.