Is Ossian less of a masterpiece because of its forged origins?

>>8158403
No.

>>8158435
How come you never see anyone talk about it, then?

People used to place it with Homer, and Shakespeare.

>>8158455
People used to give heroin to children too.

>>8158586
Right. So why is it not considered a masterpiece, then? What changed, if not people realising it was only sort-of Celtic?

>>8158594
>People used to give heroin to children
>Right. So why is it not considered a masterpiece

>>8158403

Are you less of a disgrace because the pathetic wretch who raised you wasn't your actual father?

>>8158977
I get the point, but why is it bad? And why is it that people loved it so much if it is so bad -- the other things they loved we love, too. Literature isn't like science -- a culture can't *just* be mistaken about something being good.
>>8158981
No.