Also known as
  • Hómēros,
  • Homerus,
  • Ὅμηρος,
  • Homer
Homer (ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. The ancient Greeks generally believed that Homer was a historical individual, but modern scholars are skeptical: no reliable biographical information has been handed down from classical antiquity, and the poems themselves manifestly represent the culmination of many centuries of oral story-telling and a well-developed "formulaic" system... full article at wikipedia
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  • May 13, 2000
  • May 13, 2004
  • 1997
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