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After five hours of digging, Homer Collyer's body was found in an alcove surrounded by filled boxes and newspapers that were piled to the ceiling. [19] Homer was wearing a tattered blue-and-white bathrobe, his matted, grey hair reached his shoulders, and his head was resting on his knees. [34] The medical examiner confirmed Homer's identity and ...
Homer and His Guide (1874) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Today, only the Iliad and the Odyssey are associated with the name "Homer". In antiquity, a large number of other works were sometimes attributed to him, including the Homeric Hymns, the Contest of Homer and Hesiod, several epigrams, the Little Iliad, the Nostoi, the Thebaid, the Cypria, the Epigoni, the comic mini-epic ...
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 ...
The Homeridae (Ancient Greek: Ὁμηρίδαι) were a family, clan or professional lineage on the island of Chios [1] claiming descent from the Greek epic poet Homer.. The origin of the name seems obvious: in classical Greek the word should mean "children of Homer".
In some versions he ends up betraying Troy by helping the Greeks unseal the city gates. Cassandra (Κασσάνδρα), a daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba; Cassandra's prophecies are ignored as a result of displeasing Apollo. Glaucus (Γλαῦκος), co-leader, with his cousin Sarpedon, of the Lycian forces allied to the Trojan cause.
Ben Stiller's new family comedy stars four siblings around whom director David Gordon ... with the four real-life siblings: Atlas, Arlo, Ulysses, and Homer Janson—ages 8 through 13 (Arlo and ...
Justin has three half-siblings through his father, who shares daughter Jazmyn and son Jaxon with ex-wife Erin Wagner. He welcomed daughter Bay with wife Chelsey Rebelo in 2018. Jazmyn Bieber and ...
In Homer's Greek epic the Iliad, Polydorus is depicted briefly as a foe to Achilles. According to this source, Polydorus was the youngest son of Priam, and thus his father would not let him fight. Achilles, however, sees him on the battlefield showing off his great speed running through the lines and spears him, ending his life.