... . This relation can be easily seen in the vast number of artifacts that have been recovered from the ancient Greek time period which depict scenes from The Odyssey and The Iliad. Also, the fact that these epic tales themselves survived to be translated into modern English shows how important they were to the people of Homer's time, and to us. Homer ... ...
... entertained in addition to informing the Greeks. Athenian stories also influenced the western culture. The epic poems of an old bard named Homer contributed an everlasting effect on all. The Iliad was an epic that depicted heroes and their trials at the time of the Trojan war. His poem left the listeners with a powerful ideal called arete, where you were to ... ...
... him as "The Poet." Homer most likely came from Ionia. He may also have been blind. In any case, he wrote the two most famous pieces of Greek literature, the Iliad and the Odyssey, making him one of the most prestigious writers ever. Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos. Legend says she was an ugly prostitute who committed suicide by ... ...
