Homer (after c. 850 BCE)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Homeros
• Known in English as: Homer
• Dates: after c. 850 BCE
• Place: Greece
• Language: "Homeric Greek"
• Who he was: purported author of two Greek epics: The Iliad, about the behavior of Achilles during the Trojan War; and The Odyssey, about the wanderings of Odysseus after the Trojan War. The Homeric Hymns, though long attributed to him, are almost certainly "Homeric" only in style, not in authorship.
• Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); LRP; HC; Bloom; GC

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