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Homer

Reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

Personhuman whose existence is disputed human conceptual characterQ6691

Also known as Homerus · Homeros · Mæonides

Born: 9th century BCE
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1.Stated in general catalog of BnFRetrieved 2016-11-06
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Died: 8th century BCE
Birthplace: unknown
Place of death: Ios
Citizenship: Ionian League
Occupation: poet
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1.Stated in Union List of Artist NamesRetrieved 2019-05-14
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, author
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1.Stated in Union List of Artist NamesRetrieved 2021-05-22
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, writer
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1.Stated in Mirabile: Digital Archives for Medieval Culture
2.Stated in Library of the World's Best Literature
3.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2024-04-18
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Languages spoken, written or signed: Ancient Greek
Notable work: Iliad
, Odyssey
, Homeric epics

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Homer was an ancient Greek poet who is traditionally credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer was highly revered in ancient Greek society and is considered one of the most influential authors in history. The question of Homer's identity and existence—dubbed the "Homeric Question"—continues to be debated, and scholars generally regard the two poems as the works of separate authors.

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Odysseia(1967)
Odyssey of Homer(1965)
Odyssée(1955)
الأوديسة(1945)
Homérova Odysseia(1940)
Iliade(1937)
Ιλιάδα(1936)
Homérova Ílias(1934)
Batrachomyomachia(1928)
Odysséa de Homero(1928)
Ilíada(1927)
Marris' Odyssey(1925)
Omērou Ilias Díl I. (Zpěv I-XII)(1925)
L’Odyssée, « Poésie homérique »(1924)
The Iliad(1924)
Homeri Opera(1920)
Iliaden(1920)
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, Homerica(1920)
Ilias(1920)
Odyssevskvædet(1919)
Himnes Homèrics(1915)
Mahakavihomarkrut Iliyadche Kavitabaddha Marathi Bhashantar Bhag 1 La(1913)
Mahakavihomarkrut Iliyadche Kavitabaddha Marathi Bhashantar Bhag 1 La(1913)
Mahakavi Homerkrut Iliadche Kavitabaddha Marathi Bhashantar Bhag 2 Ra(1913)
The Iliad of Homer(1911)
Homerova Odyssea: zpěv 9-12. Zpěv 9(1911)
La Odisea(1910)
The Harvard Classics, Vol. 22. The Odyssey of Homer(1909)
Iliad(1908)
La Ilíada(1908)
The story of the Iliad(1907)
Homerova Ilias a Odysseia(1901)
The Odyssey(1900)
The Iliad(1898)
L’Odyssée(1896)
Odyseja(1895)
The story of the Iliad(1895)
The Odyssey of Homer(1894)
Homère - Odyssée(1893)
Odyssée(1893)
The story of the Iliad(1892)
The story of the Iliad(1891)
La Batracomiomaquia (Alenda tr.)(1889)
Příběhy Odysseovy(1887)
La Odisea(1886)
L'Odyssée(1886)
Homérova Ilias(1886)
De Ilias van Homeros(1880)
Iliada(1880)
Iliad(1879)
Homérova Batrachomyomachie čili Žab a Myší vojna(1877)
Butcher & Lang's Odyssey(1876)
Homérova Odysseja(1873)
Odysseja(1873)
Bryant's Odyssey(1870)
Одиссея(1869)
Odyssée(1868)
Iliade(1866)
Musgrave's Odyssey(1865)
Norgate's Odyssey(1863)
The Iliad of Homer(1860)
Buckley's Odyssey(1853)
La Odisea de Homero(1851)
La Ilíada(1848)
Homérowa Odyssea(1848)
L'Iliade - Chant premier(1847)
Homer's Odysses(1844)
Odyssée(1842)
L'Iliade(1828)
Carmina Homerica(1820)
Iliade (Monti)(1810)
Iliad(1804)
Homeri Carmina cum brevi annotatione(1802)
Auf die Geburt des Apollo(1795)
The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer(1791)
The Odyssey of Homer(1791)
La Ilíada de Homero(1788)
Homeri Ilias(1788)
Homeri Ilias(1776)
La Ulyxea(1767)
The Odyssey of Homer(1725)
The Iliad of Homer(1720)
L'Odyssée d'Homère(1716)
The Iliad of Homer (1715-20 edition)(1715)
L'Iliade(1711)
The Odysseys of Homer(1611)
Les Unzième, et Douzième Livres de l’Iliade d'Homère(1554)
Les Dix Premiers Livres de l’Iliade d’Homère(1545)
Homerus: Opera(1489)
Homerus: Opera(1489)
Iliad(-080)
Aristarchian recension of Homer
The Odyssey
The Iliad
The Anger of Achilles
The Iliad of Homer
The Odyssey of Homer
The Odyssey of Homer
Homer, His Odysses Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations
Odysses
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Ιλιάδα
Book XXII
Book XXIV
Book XXIII
Epigrams
The Crowne of All Homers Workes
Book XIX
Book XVIII
Book XXI
Book XX
Book XV
Book XIV
Book XVII
Book XVI
Book XI
Book X
Book XIII
Book XII
Book VII
Book VI
Book IX
Book VIII
Book V
Book III
Book XXIV
Book XXIII
Book XX
Book XIX
Book XXII
Book XXI
Book XVI
Book XV
Book XVIII
Book XVII
Book XII
Book XI
Book XIV
Book XIII
Book VIII
Book VII
Book X
Book IX
Book IV
Book VI
Book V
Book IV
Book III
Book II
Homeric epics
Book II
Book I
Book I
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 20
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 21
Telemachy
Hymn to Demeter I
Margites
Homeric Hymns
Odyssey

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389 statements · 14% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Medical condition: blindness sourcing circumstances: possibly
Part of: Greek mythology
Commons Creator page: Homer
Ethnic group: Greeks
Native language: Ancient Greek
Birth name: Ὅμηρος
Genre: epic poem
Name in native language: Ὅμηρος
Given name: Homer
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-04
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Different from: Gomer
Pseudo-Homer
Has works in the collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art
National Gallery of Art
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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1.“Homer. The Iliad”stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/87614-rudolf-koch-homer.-the-iliadRetrieved 2021-09-07
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Writing language: Ancient Greek
Present in work: The Divine Comedy section: 4
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Floruit: 8th century BCE
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-06-08
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Field of work: Greek literature
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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Attested in: Mare Magnum (vol. 82) folio(s): 101r, 102r
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1.maru.firenze.sbn.it/MareMagnum/mare_magnum.htm
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Mother: Kretheis

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