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Homer (/ ˈ h oʊ m ər /; Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros; born c. 8th century BCE) was an Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history. [2]
The Suda reports Homer being a Smyrnaean that was taken as captive to the Colophonians in war, hence the name Ὅμηρος, which in Greek means "captive". Homer's name originating from him being a captive is widely reported. [citation needed] The poem called the Cypria was said to have been given by Homer to his son-in-law Stasinus of Cyprus ...
Articles relating to the Greek poet Homer (8th century BCE), a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical ...
Anacreon (Greek Ἀνακρέων, born c. 570 BC), lyric poet, notable for drinking songs and hymns and included in the canonical list of Nine lyric poets; Antimachus, of Colophon or Claros, poet and grammarian, flourished about 400 BC; Antimachus of Teos epic poet said to have observed an eclipse of the sun in 753 BC
Achilles (Ἀχιλλεύς), the leader of the Myrmidons (Μυρμιδόνες), son of Peleus and Thetis, and the principal Greek champion whose anger is one of the main elements of the story. Agamemnon ( Ἀγαμέμνων ), King of Mycenae , supreme commander of the Achaean armies whose actions provoke the feud with Achilles; elder ...
The Cyclic Poets is a shorthand term for the early Greek epic poets, who were approximate contemporaries of Homer. No more is known about those poets than about Homer, but modern scholars regard them as having composed orally, as did Homer. In the classical period, surviving early epic poems were ascribed to those authors, just as the Iliad and ...
The Odyssey (/ ˈ ɒ d ɪ s i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia) [2] [3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.It is one of the oldest works of literature still widely read by modern audiences.
Homer Reciting his Poems by Thomas Lawrence, 1790. The poem dates to the archaic period of Classical antiquity. Scholarly consensus mostly places it in the late 8th [39] century BC, although some favour a 7th-century date. [40] [41] In any case, the terminus ante quem for the dating of the Iliad is 630 BC, as evidenced by reflection in art and ...