====== Homer ====== >Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], //Hómēros//) is best known as the author of the //Iliad// and the //Odyssey//. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon. __When he lived, as well as whether he lived at all, is unknown.__" >\\ //Source :// [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer|Wikipedia ]] More info here at the [[http://cerhas.uc.edu/troy/q402.html|University of Cincinnati]] ''Observation : More detail needed. //Someone// obviously composed the texts, so the question might be better phrased along the lines of "Who wrote the texts attributed to Homer?" '' ---- Also see : [[content:history:trojan_wars]]