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Homer the Myth
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 Homer is the author of the Iliad and the odyssey and is revered
as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets.
 Homer was seen as a poetic chronicler. (someone who writes
accounts of important or historical events)
 Homer is better viewed as a myth
 Nothing was know for certain about the authorship of the Iliad
or the date and place of composition.
 There were numerous authors who contributed to the Iliad and
Greeks all agreed on the name Homer, the myth said that
Homer was blind and some myths say that homer was an eye
witness of some of the events in the Iliad.
Homer the Myth
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 Over the years different Greeks added to the books in the Iliad.
 People say the people who wrote the Iliad were different to the
people who wrote the Odyssey.
 There is another Myth that Homer was an oral poet and he had
a scribe that wrote down the Iliad for him.
 The myth of Homers name comes from the Greek word omeros
which means beggar which he named himself when he was
thrown out of a bar.
Homer the Man
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 Homer was believed to be born sometime between the 8th and
9th BC.
 There has been a lot of dispute between the birthplace of
Homer.
 Not much was known about ‘Homer the man’ due to it being
myth made up by a bunch of Greek poets.
 Plato tells us that in his time many believed that Homer was the
educator of all of Greece.
 The Iliad and the Odyssey are seen to be different because the
Iliad was created in his youth and the Odyssey was created in
his old age.
 Seven cities lay claim to Homer as their native son because he
was seen as a national figure.