Homer (Greek μηρος Hómēros) was a legendary early Greek poet and rhapsode traditionally credited with the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey, commonly assumed to have lived in the 8th century BC.

Identity and authorship

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Tradition held that Homer was blind, and various Ionian cities are claimed to be his birthplace, but otherwise his biography is a blank slate. There is considerable scholarly debate about whether Homer was actually a real person, or the name given to one or more oral poets who sang traditional epic material.

Greek Homēros means "hostage". There is a theory that his name was back-extracted from the name of a society of poets called the Homeridae, which literally means "sons of hostages", i.e., descendants of prisoners of war. As these men were not sent to war because their loyalty on the battlefield was suspect, they would not get killed in battles. Thus they were entrusted with remembering the area's stock of epic poetry, to remember past events, in the times before literacy came to the area.

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Currently reading "The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer" by William Irwin, Mark T. Conard, and Aeon J. Skoble
LisaTanzil (Elisa. A. Tanzil) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:16:56 -0000
Currently reading "The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer" by William Irwin, Mark T. Conard, and Aeon J. Skoble
@WallyLikeItIs Not being a homer, check the stats. 1-Ryan Mallett, 2-Tim Tebow, 3-Mark Ingram
hackerhog (Brandon Myers) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:41:30 -0000
@WallyLikeItIs Not being a homer, check the stats. 1-Ryan Mallett, 2-Tim Tebow, 3-Mark Ingram
@ThatSportsGirl if u see Mark Jackson yell him I said he's a Sputs homer!
rogerhodges (Roger Hodges) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:01:27 -0000
@ThatSportsGirl if u see Mark Jackson yell him I said he's a Sputs homer!
@MFollowill Mark Jackson is a spurs homer!
rogerhodges (Roger Hodges) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:06 -0000
@MFollowill Mark Jackson is a spurs homer!
Lou Holtz: still a homer, picking ND and S.Carolina (v. FL). Mark May: still hates OSU,picking Iowa, still sucks at life.
IAMNICKFISCO (Nick Fisco) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:44:20 -0000
Lou Holtz: still a homer, picking ND and S.Carolina (v. FL). Mark May: still hates OSU,picking Iowa, still sucks at life.

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