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Homer
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Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros) is the name ascribed by the Ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the central works of Greek literature
When he lived is controversial. Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before Herodotus' own time, which would place him at around 850 BC; while other ancient sources claim that he lived much nearer to the supposed time of the Trojan War, in the early 12th Century BC.
For modern scholars "the date of Homer" refers not to an individual, but to period when the epics were created. The consensus is that "the Iliad and the Odyssey date from around the 8th century BC, the Iliad being composed before the Odyssey, perhaps by some decades," i.e. earlier than Hesiod, the Iliad being the oldest work of Western literature. Over the past few decades, some scholars have argued for a 7th-century date. Some of those who argue that the Homeric poems developed gradually over a long period of time give an even later date for composition of the poems; according to Gregory Nagy for example, they only became fixed texts in the 6th century.The question of the historicity of Homer the individual is known as the "Homeric question"; there is no reliable biographical information handed down from classical antiquity. The poems are generally seen as the culmination of many generations of oral story-telling, in a tradition with a well-developed formulaic system of poetic composition. Some scholars, such as Martin West, claim that "Homer" is "not the name of a historical poet, but a fictitious or constructed name."
The formative influence played by the Homeric epics in shaping Greek culture was widely recognized, and Homer was described as the teacher of Greece.
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When he lived is controversial. Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before Herodotus' own time, which would place him at around 850 BC; while other ancient sources claim that he lived much nearer to the supposed time of the Trojan War, in the early 12th Century BC.
For modern scholars "the date of Homer" refers not to an individual, but to period when the epics were created. The consensus is that "the Iliad and the Odyssey date from around the 8th century BC, the Iliad being composed before the Odyssey, perhaps by some decades," i.e. earlier than Hesiod, the Iliad being the oldest work of Western literature. Over the past few decades, some scholars have argued for a 7th-century date. Some of those who argue that the Homeric poems developed gradually over a long period of time give an even later date for composition of the poems; according to Gregory Nagy for example, they only became fixed texts in the 6th century.The question of the historicity of Homer the individual is known as the "Homeric question"; there is no reliable biographical information handed down from classical antiquity. The poems are generally seen as the culmination of many generations of oral story-telling, in a tradition with a well-developed formulaic system of poetic composition. Some scholars, such as Martin West, claim that "Homer" is "not the name of a historical poet, but a fictitious or constructed name."
The formative influence played by the Homeric epics in shaping Greek culture was widely recognized, and Homer was described as the teacher of Greece.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Homer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Homer Filmography
| 2026 | The Odyssey · as Novel |
| 2022 | |
| 2019 | |
| 1976 | La odisea (1976) (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Die Odyssee · as Novel |
| 1968 | The Odyssey (1968) (TV Series) · as Original Film Writer |
| 1962 |
| 2024 | The Return · as Author |
| 2018 | Troy: Fall of a City (TV Series) · as Original Concept |
| 2016 | Siesta Z (TV Series) · as Based On The Original Work By |
| 2013 | Odysseus (TV Series) · as Characters |
| 2009 | Penelope · as Epic Poem "the Odyssey" |
| 2007 | Star Trek: Odyssey (TV Series) · as Based On A Story By |
| 2004 | Troy · as Original Concept |
| 2003 | Helen of Troy (TV Series) · as Poem |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? · as Original Story |
| 1998 | Ulysses: An Animated Classic · as Poem |
| 1998 | In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (TV Series) · as Excerpt |
| 1997 | Crayola Kids Adventures: The Trojan Horse · as Based On A Story By |
| 1997 | The Odyssey (1997) (TV Series) · as Original Story |
| 1995 | Wishbone (TV Series) · as Based On The Story By |
| 1995 | Ulysses' Gaze · as Original Story |
| 1994 | Ancient Mysteries (TV Series) · as Writings |
| 1989 | Nostos: The Return · as Original Story |
| 1987 | The Odyssey · as Adapted From: "odyssey" |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Excerpt |
| 1987 | The Voyage of Odysseus · as Original Story |
| 1982 | Uliisses · as Poem "the Odyssey" |
| 1981 | Ulysses 31 (TV Series) · as Poem "the Odyssey" |
| 1976 | World Famous Fairy Tales (TV Series) · as Based On Texts By |
| 1972 | Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (TV Series) · as Original Story |
| 1969 | Forgotten Pistolero · as Original Story |
| 1965 | The Return of Ringo · as Poem: "the Odyssey" |
| 1956 | Helen of Troy · as Original Story |
| 1954 | Ulysses · as Story |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as Epic Poem: The Iliad |
| 1924 | Helen of Troy · as Story |