Le poète Homère (texte en anglais)

This article is about the Greek poet Homer and the works attributed to him. For other meanings, see Homer (disambiguation). For the American painter, see Winslow Homer. For the fictional cartoon character, see Homer Simpson.

"Homeric" redirects here. For other uses, see Homeric (disambiguation).

"Homerus" redirects here. For other uses, see Homerus (disambiguation).

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Homer (Ὅμηρος Homēros) Homer British Museum.jpg

Idealized portrayal of Homer dating to the Hellenistic period. British Museum.

Born ca. 8th century BC

Nationality Greek

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In the Western classical tradition, Homer (/ˈhoʊmər/; Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros) is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.

When he lived is unknown. Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before his own time, which would place him at around 850 BC,[1] while other ancient sources claim that he lived much nearer to the supposed time of the Trojan War, in the early 12th century BC.[2] Most modern researchers place Homer in the 7th or 8th centuries BC.

The formative influence of the Homeric epics in shaping Greek culture was widely recognized, and Homer was described as the teacher of Greece.[3] Homer's works, which are about fifty percent speeches, provided models in persuasive speaking and writing that were emulated throughout the ancient and medieval Greek worlds. Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds.[4]

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