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Homer: The Iliad and The Odyssey

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Homer's first biographers placed his birth around the Sack of Troy,
which is traditionally dated sometime in the 12th or 11th centuries Bc.
For the ancient Greeks he was the legendary poet of The Iliad and The
Odyssey — epic poems which laid the foundations for Greek culture. By
the 3rd or 2nd centuries Bc Homer’s existence was called into question.
In order to determine the truth, attempts have been made to locate
his date and place of birth. Many cities vied to be the home of such
a legendary poet including Smyrna, Rhodes, Athens and Argos. Was
the difficulty in locating his birthplace because he was not a real person
or because his fame spawned myths of its own? Was he the son of a
river and a nymph? And did he use many of his own experiences as a
wandering balladeer as inspiration for the epic journey in The Odyssey?

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Series Title

World Classic Library

Call Number

813 Hom-h

Publisher

London : Sirius., 2020

Collation

744 p.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-83940-696-6

Classification

813

Subject(s)

Classic literature

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