Examples of Homer in the following topics:
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- Whether and when Homer lived is unknown.
- Most modern researchers place Homer in the 7th or 8th centuries BCE.
- The formative influence of the Homeric epics in shaping Greek culture was widely recognized, and Homer was described as the "Teacher of Greece."
- Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds.
- Idealized portrayal of Homer dating to the Hellenistic period; located at the British Museum.
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- The Homeric Question concerns the doubts and
consequent debate over the identity of Homer, the author of the Iliad and the
Odyssey; it also questions the historicity of the two books.
- Many scholars agree that regardless of who
authored Homer’s works, it is highly likely that the poems attributed to him
were part of a generations-old oral tradition, with many scholars believing the
works to be transcribed some time in the 6th century BCE or earlier.
- Many
estimates place the events of Homer’s Trojan War as preceding the Greek Dark
Ages, of approximately 1250 to 750 BCE.
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- He encouraged and advised Leontius Pilatus's translation of Homer from a manuscript purchased by Boccaccio, although he was severely critical of the result.
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- The decoration
of pottery also became more elaborate, featuring figured scenes that parallel
the stories of Homeric tradition.
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- The Greek heroes
taken from Homer also appear extensively in art motifs.
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- Some of the earliest works we possess are historical epics telling the early military history of Rome, similar to the Greek epic narratives of Homer,
Herodotus, and Thucydides.
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- The Greek heroes taken from Homer also appear extensively in art motifs.