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Homer" is the poet of the two great surviving Greek epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Iliad is often compared to tragedy, the Odyssey to comedy.

Scholarly arguments about Homer and his poems started in ancient times and continue to this day. The main problem is that we know nothing about Homer himself. He may have lived around 800 B.C. or somewhat earlier or later. One common legend about him was that he was blind. Various cities claimed to be his birthplace. Beyond this, there is no solid information.

Some scholars believe the two epics were not in fact composed by the same poet. The Iliad is usually dated earlier than the Odyssey. Other scholars believe the two epics were the work of many poets. According to this view, different oral poets contributed different parts of the stories to scribes who wrote them down and who then harmonized them into the two epics we have, choosing the best of the various versions.

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