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P concludes that M is incorrect to hypothesize that the Greek alphabet was invented by someone who knew the Phoenician writing system and wanted to record Homer’s stories. P claims that writing down those stories would have been pointless for such an individual, who would already know those stories without writing them down. Also, no one else would know the newly-invented alphabet and be able to read the stories.

P argues that M’s hypothesis is not convincing because there would be no point for someone to write down a story that they knew, in a new alphabet. However, P’s argument can be criticized for overlooking some convincing possible reasons:

1) the writer might anticipate forgetting the story later, and

2) the writer might teach the new alphabet to others.

P’s argument doesn’t rely on the claim that the Phoenician alphabet alone is the basis for the Greek alphabet. P isn’t making any claims at all about the basis for the Greek alphabet.

P simply doesn’t claim, nor rely on an assumption, that the first text written in Greek was a Homeric poem.

P doesn’t make any claims about the requirements of an oral tradition compared to those of a written language.

P doesn’t attempt to demonstrate the truth of a hypothesis at all, but rather, attempts to cast doubt on the truth of M’s hypothesis.

P claims that inventing an alphabet to write down Homeric stories would have been pointless partially because no one could have read the stories in a new alphabet. This overlooks the possibility that the writer wanted to teach others the alphabet.

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