Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος) was an ancient Greek author and epic poet. He is the reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two epic poems that are the foundational works of ancient Greek literature. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. The Homeric epics were the greatest influence on ancient Greek culture and education. From antiquity until the present day, the influence of Homeric epic on Western civilization has been great, inspiring many of its most famous works of literature, music, art and film.
The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language which shows a mixture of features of the Ionic and Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic. Most researchers believe that the poems were originally transmitted orally.
The ancient Greeks generally believed that Homer was an historical individual, but modern scholars are skeptical: no reliable biographical information has been handed down from classical antiquity, and the poems themselves manifestly represent the culmination of many centuries of oral story-telling and a well-developed "formulaic" system of poetic composition. According to Martin West, "Homer" is "not the name of a historical poet, but a fictitious or constructed name."
1479 works Add another?
Sorted by:
Most Editions
|
First Published
|
Most Recent
|
Top Rated
|
Reading Log
|
Random
Showing all works by author. Would you like to see only ebooks?
Subjects
Poetry, Greek Epic poetry, Translations into English, Odysseus (Greek mythology), Achilles (Greek mythology), Trojan War, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Hymns, Greek (Classical), Greek poetry, Juvenile literature, Homer, Fiction, Classical philology, Homeric hymns, Translations into Italian, Literature, collections, Translations into German, Epic poetry, Greek Gods, Literature, Accessible book, Early works to 1800, Poetry, collections, Translations into French, Greek language materialsPlaces
Italy, Amazon rainforest, Baker Street, Caribbean, London, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet, Verona, Turkey, Greece, Ilium, Italy Naples, Milan, Troy, Troy (Extinct city), Araby, Araby bazaar, Belluno, Carthage, England, Great Britain, Griechisch, India, Istanbul, ItacaPeople
Homer, Odysseus King of Ithaca (Mythological character), Achilles (Mythological character), Paris, William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Abram, Archie, Balthasar, Benvolio, Duncan Ross, Escalus, Friar John, Friar Lawrence, General Zaroff, Gregory, Ivan, Jabez Wilson, John Clay, John H. Watson, Juliet Capulet, Lady Capulet, Lady Montague, Mercutio, Mr. Merryweather, PeterTime
1890, 20th century, Trojan War, 1194–1184 BCE, 21st century, Bronze Age, Geometric Period (c. 900-700 BCE), Guerre de Troie, ancient world, mundo antiguo, ~ 1178 BCID Numbers
- OLID: OL18404A
- ISNI: 000000036354151X
- Project Gutenberg: 705
- VIAF: 224924963
- Wikidata: Q6691
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q6691
Links (outside Open Library)
Alternative names
- Homère
- Homer
- Hómēros
- Omero
- Homero
- Гомер
荷 马- هوميروس
- Ὅμηρος
- Homer Homer
- Homer Staff
- Homerus
- Homerus ca. 8th-7th cent. B.C.
- Homeros
- Homère.
- Homere/
- HOMER
| 3 |
Edited by LeadSongDog | Edited without comment. |
| 2024 |
Edited by bitnapper | merge authors |
| 2022 |
Edited by LeadSongDog | Edited without comment. |
| 2022 |
Edited by AgentSapphire | merge authors |
| 2008 |
Created by an anonymous user | initial import |