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A 10 page paper which examines the life and work of Homer
the poet. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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man. However, not much is known about Homer, and nothing is known with absolute certainty. Many even argue that he never wrote the classics but was really only recording what
others had created. Bearing that in mind we present the following paper which examines who Homer was, or may have been. The paper then discusses the importance of Homers work,
regardless of whether he was the true author. Who Is Homer? "Rage-Goddess, sing the rage of Peleuss son Achilles, begins the poet Homer in the first of two
great epics that launch Western literature. But who was this man who sang of Troys fall in The Iliad and of a wily heros hazardous 10-year homecoming in The Odyssey?"
(Tolson, 2002; homer.htm). This particular question has troubled many a historian and scholar for centuries. It has caused "debate among classicists, linguists, and archaeologists, and not just about the identity
of the author (or whether he existed at all). It also touches on controversies about the connection between oral and literary traditions, and even the origins of the alphabet" (Tolson,
2002; homer.htm). According to many theories, the ancient Greeks believed that "Homer was the single maker-a blind itinerant performer like the poet Demodocus depicted in the eighth book of
The Odyssey. In his History, Herodotus (484-425 B.C.) came up with dates for the singer (400 years before my time-and no more than that)" (Tolson, 2002; homer.htm). We note such
greats as Aristotle and Pindar who believed "that Homer was born in Smyrna, on the coast of modern-day Turkey, and enjoyed years of fame on the Aegean island of Chios.
The great scholar-librarians of Alexandria scrutinized the epics for historical and geographic errors but never doubted Homers standing as sole creator" (Tolson, 2002; homer.htm). The "Renaissance humanists who
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