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Was Homer, the author of the Iliad and The Odyssey, a real person? Yes, we believe that there was such a person, a poet of prodigious invention, in an oral tradition before writing was invented, who originally composed these two great works, and perhaps some others. About his life -or hers!- nothing is known.
Much of the Homeric literature, however, has parts that date from an impossibly later time than the rest - the Iliad mentions an Athenian fleet of warships, for example, but the Iliad was already old when Athens was still a rustic village, centuries from its later glory - leading some to believe that "Homer" never was any one single person, but simply generations of poets adding bits to old folk songs, according to ancient formula and current political conditions.
And until the Western "discovery" of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, which is ten times the length of Homer, and whose tellers recite entirely from memory, many scholars doubted whether any one ancient author could have retained Homer's work well enough to compose it.
Finally there is enough difference in style between the Iliad and the Odyssey to fuel a dispute about whether they were composed by the same person, as if an oral-tradition author could not have had more than one idea.
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∙ 12y agoNo it was just the fantasy of how the gods meddled in everything that humans do or so the greeks believed :)
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∙ 10y agoit kind of is and is not. part of it is true and part is not. like the gods are not real, and Achilles was not real. so you can never know
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∙ 11y agoNo one knows whether the characters in the Iliad were real, however both Troy has been found and there is evidence about a battle that was related to Troy.
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Was Homer friends with Achilles?
No. As Homer (possibly not even one person) was the author* of The Iliad and Achilles is a character in the poem (or if he was a real person, his character would have probably been sourced from many different people and exaggerated.. The Iliad was written down by Homer in the 8th Century BCE (although Homer's birth date is disputed) and the fall of Troy is told to have been around the dates of 1330s-1130s BCE. *Homer is credited as being the author of the Iliad, when in fact he only wrote it down. He did not make up the story, it had been around for years before Homer.
True or false The author who has been given credit for the story of The Odyssey is Homer?
True. Homer has been given credit for The Odyssey and also, The Iliad. Although no one knows for certain that he was a real person, he is believed to have been a blind minstrel who wandered from city to city, making a living by telling stories.
Who is Barts real dad?
Homer Simpson.
Was yancey quimper a real person or based on a real person?
Yes.
Is Johnny test real?
No he is not a real person but it is a real show
In what century did Homer write The Odyssey?
Assuming Homer was a real person, he wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad in the 8th century BC.
Was Agamemnon real?
Agamemnon was not real, he was a character in Homer's Iliad.
Is the mist a real thing in greek mythology?
yes! It is mentioned in the The Iliad by Homer.
Was Homer friends with Achilles?
No. As Homer (possibly not even one person) was the author* of The Iliad and Achilles is a character in the poem (or if he was a real person, his character would have probably been sourced from many different people and exaggerated.. The Iliad was written down by Homer in the 8th Century BCE (although Homer's birth date is disputed) and the fall of Troy is told to have been around the dates of 1330s-1130s BCE. *Homer is credited as being the author of the Iliad, when in fact he only wrote it down. He did not make up the story, it had been around for years before Homer.
Was the battle of troy real or just a myth?
as in the movie? a myth. it was part of the Iliad, an epic poem by Homer what thefrick it's Real you dumbhead i dont care a bit you are an idiot!
True or false The author who has been given credit for the story of The Odyssey is Homer?
True. Homer has been given credit for The Odyssey and also, The Iliad. Although no one knows for certain that he was a real person, he is believed to have been a blind minstrel who wandered from city to city, making a living by telling stories.
What interest did Homer have?
The general scientific opinion today is that Homer as a person probably did not even exist, but is a name much later attributed to the person or persons who composed the Iliad and Odyssey. Even the ancient Greeks when attributing these and other works to "Homer", usually meant to indicate that these were very old works that had 'developed' over the centuries. Even if you go along with the minority of scholars who think that he might have been a real person, nothing at all is known about him (or his interests) and things like his being blind and born around 800 BC are all "facts" that were first mentioned 3-500 years later. The famous bust of Homer dates from the Hellenistic period, that is some 600 years after his assumed death.
What are Homer's achievements?
Homer (Ὅμηρος, Hómēros) 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 poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon. When he lived, as well as whether he lived at all, is unknown. He may have been a mythical figure. If he was a real person, he may have lived between 1100 BCE and 850 BCE.
Is homer a abstract noun?
No, the noun 'homer' (lower case h) is a concrete noun as a word for a base hit on which the batter scores a run; a word for a physical occurrence.The noun 'Homer' (capital H) is a concrete noun as the name of a person (real, or fictional).
Was Hera envious of Zeus' powers?
Hera was the wife of Zeus. The main extant manuscripts that tell us about their relationship are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Because most pagan books were systematically destroyed around the end of the fourth century CE, there is little else available. There does not seem to be any real evidence of jealousy on the part of Hera in Homer's texts.
Who is more famous Homer Simpson or Leonardo DiCaprio?
Niether they both are stupid. The only real famous person is Justin Timberlake!!
Who is Barts real dad?
Homer Simpson.
