Complex sentence: This has implications for our understanding of the authorship of the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" as we know them: the poet or "aoidos" who wrote or dictated them for writing has to be considered their creator.
Split into simpler sentences: This has implications for our understanding of the authorship of the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" as we know them. The poet or "aoidos" who wrote or dictated them for writing has to be considered their creator.