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In the Western classical tradition, Homer is considered the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.

When he lived is unknown. Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before his own time, which would place him at around 850 BCE, while other ancient sources claim that he lived much nearer to the supposed time of the Trojan War, in the early 12th century BCE. Most modern researchers place Homer in the 7th or 8th centuries BCE.

The formative influence of the Homeric epics in shaping Greek culture was widely recognized, and Homer was described as the teacher of Greece. Homer's works, which are about fifty percent speeches, provided models in persuasive speaking and writing that were emulated throughout the ancient and medieval Greek worlds. Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds.

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Homer

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Books from Homer

The Iliad

The Iliad/The Odyssey

The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel

Homeric Hymns

The Illiad

Odyssey I–XII

The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy

Iliad, Books 1–12

The Iliad/The Odyssey/The Aeneid

Iliad, Books 13–24

Iliada, #1

The Essential Homer

Odyssey, Books 13–24

The Odyssey + 7 Free Bonus works: The Iliad Of Homer, Paradise Lost, The Golden Ass, Oedipus The King, Oedipus At Colonus, Antigone, The Aeneid

The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic

Hesiod / Homeric Hymns / Epic Cycle / Homerica

The Iliad and the Odyssey

A Odisseia de Homero Adaptada para Jovens

Mitos clasificados 1

A Odisseia: Aventuras de Ulisses Herói da Grécia Antiga