This was sort of covered recently in a poll started by Kopio here (along with expected OT diversions, of course). For expedience, skip over the “slippery slope” discussion between annis and myself and have a look at the eBay link I posted (which should point to a copy of Butler’s “The Authoress of the Odyssey”) – not that I agree with Butler’s theory, just as a example of what has already been floating out there.
Regards,
Ron