CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., April 7, 2014 â Enjoy signature items from 12 Cape Girardeau restaurants and businesses participating in the âTaste of Capeâ restaurant hop, benefitting Southeast Missouri State Universityâs Department of Theatre and Dance Tuesday, April 22.
That there was an epic poet called Homer and that he played the primary part in shaping the Iliad and the Odysseyâso much may be said to be probable. If this assumption is accepted, then Homer must assuredly be one of the greatest of the worldâs literary artists.
The Greek poet Homer wrote The Iliad. An epic poet, Homer wrote The Odyssey as well. These epics tell the story of the Trojan War and Odysseus' journey home after the war, respectively. Although historians disagree over the dates of his lifetime, most scholars agree that he was born sometime bewteen 850 and 750 BCE. Some believe that he was a native of Asia Minor while others assert that he was from Chios.