Idealized portrayal of Homer dating to the Hellenistic period. British Museum. Wikipedia
Homer is best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon. (Wikipedia)
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