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Homer

The ninth century Greek epic poet who is credited as the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Homer’s personal history is a complete mystery but many cities claimed to have been his home or his birthplace; he was reputed to have been blind but many researchers dispute this “fact” because of his use of vivid imagery and the subtle descriptions he used to describe the people and places in his epics.

Homer can justly be called the first western writer; his works are not only epic but also graphic and personal; his characters laugh, cry, eat, drink and die with a familiarity that is both classic and modern.

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