2007-02-01 07:02:34 · 4 answers · asked by carolinefordssuperbragirl 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Homer was to Greek culture what Shakespeare was to the English. He lived somewhere around 700 BC and was studied by the ancients of that civilization during their "classical" periods. Some ancients that had an impact on preserving the works and their meaning include Antimachus of Collophon and Aristarchus of Samothrace, the latter helped codify a standard text of the works of Homer, much as the Bible, both Jewish and Christian, has been standardized and perserved over time. Some of the best are in the Classical series of the Oxford University Press, although there is a translation of the Illiad by Martin Hammond that Penguin published. There will be explanatory stuff in there.
2007-02-01 07:32:59 · answer #1 · answered by Rabbit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always found it intriguing that we don't know if a single person called Homer ever lived who was the sole writer of the Homeric epics - but we know for sure he was blind...
2007-02-01 09:39:52 · answer #2 · answered by Sterz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A blind poet.
You don't mean Homer Simpson, right?
2007-02-01 07:08:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bart's dad...married to Marge.
2007-02-01 07:09:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋