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12 pages in length. As popular as Homer's classics are in the context of history, so too is the mystery that surrounds the author's true identity. The extent to which the authenticity of Homer's existence has spawned myriad theories throughout the ages is both grand and far-reaching; that no single conjecture is the least bit verifiable speaks to the notion that Homer very likely did not exist within his own right but rather as an image concocted by at least one other person - but more than likely by several others. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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myriad theories throughout the ages is both grand and far-reaching; that no single conjecture is the least bit verifiable speaks to the notion that Homer very likely did not exist
within his own right but rather as an image concocted by at least one other person - but more than likely by several others. "Who was the real Homer?
His true identity is lost in the mists of time. The ancient historian Herodotus recorded that he was an Asiatic Greek who lived about 830 B.C. Some say
that he was an Ionian Greek who lived on the island of Chios two centuries later. Still others believe that the writing may not have been done by a
single author but by a group of poets and minstrels who composed and recorded legends of The Trojan Wars" (Homer Bust). II. REASONS TO DISBELIEVE IN HOMERS EXISTENCE Considering
the mountain of speculation that surrounds the legitimacy of Homers very existence, not to mention the validity of whether or not he actually wrote some of historys most notable pieces
of literature, one might readily surmise how these skeptical inclinations are born out of the fact that there is "virtually no indisputable biographical facts" (Manley 55) which leads to the
realization that there are also "no true biographies...about this very ancient Greek poet" (Manley 55). One of the most compelling arguments that all but proves Homer was a figment of
someones imagination is how his literature was penned long before any Greek language ever existed. Therefore, it stands to reason how Homers classic poems could only have been verbally
passed down from generation to generation until the point where written language became a part of Greek culture; as such, if he truly did author his poems at the time
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