Author:Homer

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Homer

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An early Greek poet and rhapsode

Homer

Works

• The Iliad
• The Odyssey
• Epigrams and other poems

Homeric hymns

• These hymns are traditionally ascribed to Homer, but generally thought to be from later authors
• Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White in Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
  • Hymn to Dionysus
  • Hymn to Demeter
  • Hymn to Ares

Works about Homer

• An Enquiry Into the Life and Writings of Homer, 1735 by Thomas Blackwell
• An Essay on the Original Genius and Writings of Homer, 1775 by Robert Wood
• "Homer and the Epic" by Charles Burton Gulick in The Harvard Classics; Lectures on The Harvard Classics, Volume 51 (1914)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.