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There is no information available to know whether the director Homer Groening ever read Homer's work.
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Yes, Homer Groening, the father of Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons," did like Homer's poems. He named his son after the Greek poet Homer because he was a fan of his work.
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What was Homers life like when he was young?
hahahahahaha homer yea right
Who was the famous blind poets?
Homer and John Milton are two of the most famous blind poets in history. Homer is known for writing epic poems like the Iliad and the Odyssey, while John Milton is known for his work Paradise Lost.
Why do you remember the poet Homer today?
Human mind is delighted to wallow in stories of great action. Because Homer's poems like The Iliad and The Odyssey tell tales of great continuous action, they are still being read with interest. In whichever language they are translated into, nothing great in the story is much lost after translation.
How did Homer influence Greece?
Homer's epic poems were pretty much like history textbooks to the ancient Greeks. It told them the best way to break bread and how to fix a chariot wheel. His poems basically dominated the Greeks and told them what they should be thinking, how they should be thinking and what actions they should be doing - He told them what civilization really meant.He also influenced the modern western canon - including T.S Eliot in his poem The Wastelands and Shakespeare. Everything written after his poems are based or influenced by Homer's epics.It is also through his poems that the Greeks chose their defining moment - the Trojan War.
What does Homer Simpson look like?
He has yellow skin and is quite fat, only ever wearing a white shirt, blue trousers and black shoes. He has 4 fingers as opposed to 5 and two white circles with dots in the middle for eyes. He has a sausage nose and stubble over his mouth. Homer has three strands of hair and his creator Matt Groening put his initials in the Homer drawing. The M is in his hair and the G is shown as his ear.
What is heroic narratives?
Epic poems were the heroic narratives like Iliad, Odyssey and Aeneid. The first two works of Όμηρος [Homer] ancient greek epic poet and the third work of Virgil roman epic poet centuries later than Homer. A heroic narrative is known as a Saga
Do you like futurama?
One of the greatest cartoons ever made, by the creator of the Simpson's, Matt Groening. Brilliant.
Why did Homers father want him to work in the mine?
At the beginning of the story, Homer's father wanted Homer to work in the coal mines so that Homer could get stronger. He wanted Homer to play football like his older brother, but Homer was to small and weak. In Coalwood, West Virginia, (where the Hickams live), mining is really the only option that Homer has to get a job. His father is a miner and practically everyone he knows works at the mines. The only oppurtunity to leave Coalwood would be if he got a football scholarship to go play in college. Homer's older brother receives one of these coveted football scholarships as the story progresses.
Did the Greeks invent literature because of Homer And Aesop?
No, the Greeks did not "invent" literature. Babylon had its sagas and epic poems long before the Greeks, and the Mesopotamian Gilgamesh Epic - of which the Biblical story of Noah is a rewrite - was written some 1,400 years before Homer. But Greek writers like Homer and Aesop stand out from the rest of the ancient writers because their work is still widely read and appreciated.
What are facts about the simpsons?
comic book guy's real name is Jeff albertson homer is dum due to a game he was playing when he was younger which involved sticking crayons up his nose, 1 got cought in his brain. the hair and ear are shaped like an m and a g wich stands 4 Matt groening(legend)
How was Homer the poet life like?
The life Homer was fun because he had poetry.
Do The Simpsons have any other relations?
Yes they do, in the episode where Abe Simpson tells Lisa that she has the simpsons gene where she will go dumb like the rest of the simpsons. So to show her that is a lie homer gathers all the simpsons relatives. Then Lisa finds out that it is only in males. Also homers brother herb.
