How did the universe begin: If I am honest to my feelings it would be once Homer had finished his two great books. I am not sure about the Big Bang enough. Could Homer had weaved a forever world of the imagination that would paint the cosmos with the idea that it should be explored and discovered. Could Milton’s failure to make an English epic just as great been as tragic to us as his main character? Now Milton seems far away and Shakespeare is no doubt busy in his grave!