Homer

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Born:
July 9, 0900
Died:
July 9, 0800

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Homer (; Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros) was the presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the foundational works of ancient Greek literature. The Iliad is set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek kingdoms. It focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles lasting a few weeks during the last year of the war. The Odyssey focuses on the ten-year journey home of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity, the most widespread being that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. Modern scholars consider these accounts legendary.The Homeric Question – concerning by whom, when, where and under what circumstances the Iliad and Odyssey were composed – continues to be debated. Broadly speaking, modern scholarly opinion falls into two groups. One holds that most of the Iliad and (according to some) the Odyssey are the works of a single poet of genius. The other considers the Homeric poems to be the result of a process of working and reworking by …

Books by Homer

Homer: Odyssey (Hardcover, 1993, Barnes & Noble)

Odyssey

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Homer, Stanley Lombardo: Odyssey (Paperback, 2000, Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.)

Odyssey

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Homer, John Dolan: The War Nerd Iliad (2017)

The War Nerd Iliad

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Homer: Iliad Of Homer (Paperback, 2004, 1st World Library)

Iliad Of Homer

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Homer: The Odyssey (Bantam Literature) (Paperback, 1971, Bantam Books)

The Odyssey (Bantam Literature)

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Homer: Iliade (Paperback, Italian language, 1990)

Iliade

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Homer: Illiad & Odyssey (Hardcover)

Illiad & Odyssey

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Homer, Isabelle Lejault: L'Odyssée (Paperback, French language, 2000, Bertrand Lacoste)

L'Odyssée

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Homer: Odyssee Ilias (Hardcover, German language, 2003, Patmos) No rating

Odyssee Ilias

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Homer: Odyssey (2011, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) No rating

Odyssey

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Homer: Ilias (Paperback, 2009, FISCHER Taschenbuch)

Ilias

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Alabama

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Homer: The Illiad (Cyber Classics) (Paperback, 1997, Cyber Classics)

The Illiad (Cyber Classics)

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