Homer and Plato
Homer
ÒThe Greeks traditionally assumed that a single poet named Homer
composed both the Iliad and the Odyssey, but we have no certain information about who
composed these poems or how. Both the Homeric poems were composed in an oral
poetic tradition that preceded the advent of writing. The Homeric poems were by
far the most revered and influential works of literature in the ancient Greek (and Roman) world. They affected not only literature, both prose
and poetry, but established a vision of the Heroic age that helped shape Greek society itself.
Composition of Homer's Iliad c. 750-725
Composition of Homer's Odyssey c. 743-713Ó
from
Perseus on Homer
See also Lahanas on Homer
Iliad and Troy relevant Map by Daphne Kleps. Troy or
Ilios (derived probably from Wilusa) is considered to be a city known today as
Troy VIIa destroyed by the Greeks in 1180 BC. The naval Greek force of 1186
ships started the expedition from Aulis.
A Homeric singer
Gods and Heroes
And Representations
of Homer
