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Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros) is the name ascribed by the Ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the central works of Greek literature
When he lived is controversial. Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before Herodotus' own time, which would place him at around 850 BC; while other ancient sources claim that he lived much nearer to the supposed time of the Trojan War, in the early 12th Century BC.
For modern scholars "the date of Homer" refers not to an individual, but to period when the epics were created. The consensus is that "the Iliad and the Odyssey date from around the 8th century BC, the Iliad being composed before the Odyssey, perhaps by some decades," i.e. earlier than Hesiod, the Iliad being the oldest work of Western literature. Over the past few decades, some scholars have argued for a 7th-century date. Some of those who argue that the Homeric poems developed gradually over a long period of time give an even later date for composition of the poems; according to Gregory Nagy for example, they only became fixed texts in the 6th century.The question of the historicity of Homer the individual is known as the "Homeric question"; there is no reliable biographical information handed down from classical antiquity. The poems are generally seen as the culmination of many generations of oral story-telling, in a tradition with a well-developed formulaic system of poetic composition. Some scholars, such as Martin West, claim that "Homer" is "not the name of a historical poet, but a fictitious or constructed name."
The formative influence played by the Homeric epics in shaping Greek culture was widely recognized, and Homer was described as the teacher of Greece.
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Filmography
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Movies 31
Writer 28
TV Shows 3
Creator 1
The Animated Iliad (2022)
Calypso (2019)
Troy: Fall of a City (2018)
Penelope (2009)
Troy (2004)
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland (2002)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Ulysses (1998)
The Odyssey (1997)
In-vulnerabilità d'Achille (tra Sciro e Ilio) (1997)
The Homecoming of Ulysses (1996)
Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
Achilles (1995)
The Odyssey: A Journey Back Home (1992)
The Odyssey (1991)
Nostos: The Return (1989)
Yes We Can (1988)
The Odyssey (1987)
Uliisses (1982)
The Voyage of Odysseus (1982)
Ulysses 31 (1981)
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1980)
Traveling Companions (1978)
La odisea de los muñecos (1975)
The Return of Ringo (1965)
The Fury of Achilles (1962)
Helen of Troy (1956)
Ulysses (1954)
Helen of Troy (1924)
L'Odissea (1911)
The Fall of Troy (1911)
Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus (1905)
Crayola Kids Adventures: The Trojan Horse
The Return
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Birthday-0900-01-01
Deathday-0800-01-01 (-101 years old)
Birth NameὍμηρος
Birth PlaceChios, Greece
CitizenshipsIonian League
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