Homer's Writings

Homer was, in the eyes of the ancient Greek literature, a very important person. He was the author some of most epic poems from the earlier ages. This blind poet, Homer, lived around the time of the Trojan War in the 12th century BC. nobody really knows where Homer was born, but two of the most famous guesses are Chios or Smyrna.

Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey. the Iliad, a long epic on the wrath of the warrior Achilles, which endangered the Greek expedition to Troy, and the Odyssey, an equally long poem on the difficult voyage home of Odysseus, are very similar. There have been many debates on whether Homer was the actual author of these two great poems because nobody really knew who Homer realyy was, or if he even was."There are over one thousand fragments from Homer, and indication of his immense popularity as a 'classic' throughout the Greek and Roman era."(BOOK ONE! Freeman,Charles, p.5)

Nobody really knows Homer's life story. He is basically only known for his writings and works, but not for anything that he actually physically did, like building something. Homer was even said to have been blind. I find this hard to believe because he wrote long stories(Iliad & Odyssey) that must have taken eyes to write...

The Iliad and the Odyssey, written by Homer, helped shape the Greek civilization. These two epic poems helped shape the Greek civilization because his writings were known as the most important texts inh the Greek culture.

Homer was a very important man to the Greek people because his two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, talked about Troy. Troy, to some people, didn't exist, until the late 1870's, a man entered Troy and declared that it was real. (BOOK TWO! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy)

BOOK ONE! Freeman, Charles. Egypt,Greeceand Rome,Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean. Oxford University Press.New York.2004

BOOK TWO(online book) Troy