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He wrote the Iliad and The Odyssey which are the two great epics of Greek history.

His poetry was taught on schools in Ancient Greece (which was however criticised by Plato in The Republic).

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Homer is considered a great literary figure because he's the first historian we know of (at least the first one we still have stories from, or know wrote). He wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.

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The first written accounts of the Trojan War were attributed to him in the Iliad and Odyssey.

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for pooing his pants

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