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Homer (Ancient Greek: á½Î¼Î·ÏÎ¿Ï [homÉËros] , HÃ³mÉËros) homÄros hÃ³mÄros is best known as the author Of the iliad And. The odyssey he was believed by The ancient greeks to have been the first and greatest of the. epic poetserodotus mentions both the Iliad and the Odyssey as works of Homer. He quotes a few lines from them both, which are the same in todayâs editions. The passage quoted from the Iliad mentions that Paris stopped at Sidon before bringing Helen to Troy.
The Greek poet Homer was born sometime between the 12th and 8th centuries BC, possibly somewhere on the coast of Asia Minor. He is famous for the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, which have had an enormous effect on Western culture, but very little is known about their alleged author.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 of his life go.lthough very little is known about the life of Greek poet Homer, credited with being the first to write down the epic stories of The Iliad and The Odyssey, the impact of his tales continue to reverberate through Western culture.