this is for homework. I need an interesting fact about the Oddyssey or it's "author" Homer
please cite your sources
2006-10-25 12:41:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
no one really knows if homer existed, he was just a story teller/writer
2006-10-25 12:44:10 · answer #1 · answered by Michelle 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is sometimes said, as a jest, that there was once a scholar who spent his whole life trying to prove that the Iliad and the Odyssey were written not by Homer, but by another ancient Greek of the same name.
2006-10-26 01:17:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Homer was a blind man! Ha top that one. Oh and he was more than just a story teller like whats her name up there says, the man was a poet! And he was blind.
2006-10-25 14:13:54 · answer #3 · answered by buccaneersden 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For Odyssey, this is the link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey
for Homer, hit this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer
2006-10-25 12:51:54 · answer #4 · answered by Genei_Ryodan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Homer is named after Matt Groening's dad.
2006-10-25 12:44:17 · answer #5 · answered by 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
the odyssey follows the iliad.
2006-10-25 12:50:10 · answer #6 · answered by denny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"O brother where art thou" is based after it. I think that alone is interesting.
2006-10-25 15:18:46 · answer #7 · answered by GMCsyclonegirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋