Homer was considered the greatest poet of classical antiquity during the ancient times of Greece and wrote 2 of the most wonderful epic poems in history. He was born in the 9th century although there isn’t an exact date for his birth or death. He wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad which till this day is taught throughout the world in school. No one really knew who he was or really anything about him since he lived before recorded history there are no pictures of Homer because of that aspect as well. The Iliad was based on the Trojan War which was a bloody long war that pitted the Trojans against the finest hero’s and warriors of Greece. It is not all about just two armies doing battle though it is about the love of a woman and the love of a father it’s about the struggles of power and the disgusting humor of the gods. The war rages on for several years until the Greeks trick the Trojans with a gift of a giant wooden horse to get there hero’s inside the Trojan walls where the Greeks catch the Trojan army off guard and decimate the army of Troy. The epic poem brings the entire ancient Greek and Trojan hero’s into one setting. I guess you could say this was one way to tell a story so you could show how mighty your warriors were compared to others.
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