13/11/2014 · Homer is a mystery. The Greek epic poet credited with the enduring epic tales of The Iliad and The Odyssey is an enigma insofar as actual facts …

Homer is unarguably the greatest poet of ancient times. He is the composer of Iliad and the Odyssey which hold the privilege of being the greatest poems of world literature. Although it is not known for sure when Homer was born, the time of his birth is estimated somewhere between the 8th and 9th century B.C, however, another school of thought ...

Homer, (flourished 9th or 8th century bce?, Ionia? [now in Turkey]), presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.. Although these two great epic poems of ancient Greece have always been attributed to the shadowy figure of Homer, little is known of him beyond the fact that his was the name attached in antiquity by the Greeks themselves to the poems. That there was an epic …

Homer was a legendary ancient Greek poet who composed the great epics, the Iliad, and, the Odyssey. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and other facts related to his life.

Homer, sprich: Ho-mehr, soll ein Schriftsteller im Alten Griechenland gewesen sein. Er gilt als der Dichter zweier wichtiger Erzählungen und vielleicht noch weiterer Werke. Allerdings weiß man so gut wie nichts über ihn. Vielleicht hat es ihn gar nicht gegeben. Schon im Altertum rätselte man, wer Homer gewesen ist

Homer – Vater der Dichtkunst. Homer war ein griechischer Dichter, der vor etwa 2800 Jahren gelebt hat. Er stammte vermutlich aus Kleinasien, von der anatolischen Westküste. Homer gilt als Urvater der europäischen Dichtkunst, seine beiden Epen "Ilias" und "Odyssee" gehören zu den ältesten Werken der abendländischen Literatur.