HOMEROSegún la tradición, el poeta griego Homero (ss. IX-VIII a. de C., aproximadamente) fue el autor de la Ilíada y de la Odisea, por lo que es considerado uno de los escritores más influyentes de todos los tiempos. Algunos crítics modernos, sin embargo, mantienen que Homero no fue el auténtico creador de estas obras, sino que se limitó a compilar y unificar una gran cantidad de relatos orales que él mismo recitaba. Sea como fuere, ambos poemas se convirtieron en la base de la educación y cultura griega en la época clásica, así como de la literatura occidental moderna.Homer was probably born around 725BC on the Coast of Asia Minor, now the coast of Turkey, but then really a part of Greece. Homer was the first Greek writer whose work survives. He was one of a long line of bards, or poets, who worked in the oral tradition. Homer and other bards of the time could recite, or chant, long epic poems. Both works attributed to Homer - the Iliad and the Odyssey - are over ten thousand lines long in the original. Homer must have had an amazing memory but was helped by the formulaic poetry style of the time. Read More Read Less
Homer was probably born around 725BC on the Coast of Asia Minor, now the coast of Turkey, but then really a part of Greece. Homer was the first Greek writer whose work survives. He was one of a long line of bards, or poets, who worked in the oral tradition. Homer and other bards of the time could recite, or chant, long epic poems. Both works attributed to Homer - the Iliad and the Odyssey - are over ten thousand lines long in the original. Homer must have had an amazing memory but was helped by the formulaic poetry style of the time.
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