Homer

Unfortunately, there is very little known about the author Homer, and it is unclear whether he was a real person or a collective name for a group of poets. It is believed that he lived in ancient Greece around the 8th century BCE, and that he was born in either Chios or Smyrna. Homer is best known for his epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey. The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War, and focuses on the hero Achilles and his struggle with his own mortality. The Odyssey tells the story of the Greek hero Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War. Both poems are considered to be some of the greatest works of Western literature, and have had a profound influence on the development of Western culture. Despite the lack of information about Homer's life, his works have been studied and analyzed for centuries, and continue to be read and appreciated today.