Iliad book report - detailed analysis, book summary, literary elements, character analysis, Homer biography, and everything necessary for active class participation. Analysis Homer is officially considered to be Odyssey's and Iliad's author. The question of authorship of this work is still a burning subject in the … [Read more...] about Iliad
Homer
Homer lived somewhere between 900 and 700 B.C. He is the oldest known Greek author who was from Anatolia.
Besides Iliad and Odyssey, it is thought he had written many other epics about gods and the parody "Batrachomyomachia" or "Battle of the Frogs and Mice".
His job was unknown, and so was the place where he lived. We can only conclude about his whereabouts from some verses which state seven cities. After his death, a whole community dedicated to narrating his verses appeared in Anatolia, and they called themselves Homeridae.
He was described as a blind poet who traveled from one place to another reciting his poems, but not even that information can be perceived as true.
Odyssey
Odyssey book report - detailed analysis, book summary, literary elements, character analysis, Homer biography, and everything necessary for active class participation. Analysis Odyssey and Iliad are thought to be written by the Greek author Homer, and it's unsure if he had written them because there aren't many … [Read more...] about Odyssey
