Homer

  • Homer was the first known European poet.

 

  • He is best known for writing the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, but there is no biographical evidence of Homer, so he may not have actually existed!

 

  • One theory is that Homer wrote down the Greek mythological stories that were passed down by oral tradition, while another theory suggests that “Homer” was a group of people who compiled the stories in his epics.

 

  • Regardless of whether or not Homer was an actual person, the messages about human life and the interaction between others was very real and help people even today, to understand certain aspects of the human condition.