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Homer (ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος, Homēros) is an ancient Greek epic poet, traitionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. The ancient Greeks generally believed that Homer was a historical individual, but some modern scholars are skeptical: no reliable biographical information has been handed down from classical antiquity. According to Martin West, "Homer" is "not the name of a historical poet, but a fictitious or constructed name." The poems are now widely regarded as the culmination of a long tradition of orally composed poetry, but the way in which they reached their final written form, and the role of an individual poet, or poets, in this process is disputed. By the reckoning of scholars like Geoffrey Kirk, both poems were created by an individual genius who drew much of his material from various traditional stories. Others, like Martin West, hold that the epics were composed by a number of poets. Gregory Nagy maintains that the epics are not the creation of any individual; rather, they slowly evolved towards their final form over a period of centuries and, in this view, are the collective work of generations of poets.

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  • The "Iliad",The "Odyssey"
  • Ulysses is the Latin name of Odysseus, the Greek hero that this poet portrayed in "The Odyssey"
  • Great epic-writing Ionian:9th century B.C.
  • Some believe this epic poet was born in Ionia in the 9th century B.C.
  • Livius Andronicus started Latin epic poetry by translating this author from Greek
  • Firdawsi, known for his epic "Book of Kings", has been called this Greek poet "of Persia"
  • The name of his "Iliad" comes from Ilion, the Greek name for Troy
  • In the 6th century B.C., Greeks used his "Iliad" & "Odyssey" as textbooks
  • The title of the epic "Omeros" by Caribbean-born Derek Walcott is the Greek name of this poet
  • "Mmm...chocolate" is often said by this "Simpsons" character
  • As well as the "Iliad" & "Odyssey", a number of hymns are attributed to him
  • About all that is accepted about this author is that he was blind & wrote the "Iliad" & the "Odyssey"
  • Britannica states that the name "Agora" was first found in the work of this ancient Greek poet
  • In an episode entitled "D'oh-in' in the Wind", this TV dad finds out that his middle name is Jay
  • Though blind, I see that you're still reading my "Iliad" & "Odyssey"; you owe me! Or at least the overdue library fees
  • A famous Rembrandt painting shows "Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of" this ancient poet
  • Legend has it that each night Alexander the Great put his sword & a book by this epic poet under his pillow
  • Circa 8th c. B.C.: Writing the 2 epic poems that'll make me famous! Scholars would never doubt my existence... d'oh!
  • Exekiel 45 says that 10 baths of oil equal one of these, also the name of a blind Greek bard
  • "The Father of Epic Poetry"
  • Greek literature is said to have begun with this poet
  • Smyrna, which claimed to be the birthplace of this poet, put him on a 2nd century B.C. coin
  • This epic poet was satirized in ancient times with a mock epic called "Battle of the Frogs and the Mice"
  • Writing about this ancient author, Keats mused, "There is a triple sight in blindness keen"

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