For most of European history the Iliad and The Odyssey were the earliest known poems. This meant that almost all later European poetry made use of the Iliad or the Odyssey in one way or another. During the twentieth century some poems earlier than the Iliad or the Odyssey were reclaimed:- particularly the Epic of Gilgamish. But the Iliad and the Odyssey passed for the earliest European poems for many hundred years, so they were the poems that everyone turned to.
Homer lived in approximately 850 BCE. He did not transcribe The Iliad but performed it orally. The oldest known copy of The Iliad dates to the 10th century CE.
homer
Well in the Iliad the god of war is Ares. Ares is the god of war in Greek mythology. His roman name is Mars.
Another name for donkey is ass.
Ilium, another name for ancient Troy.
Homer was the author of the epics known as the Iliad and the Odyssey. The word homer can also be another term for home run in the game of Baseball.
Wonderful world (Capital d) (not part of the name)
For Odysseus, the main character, also known as Ulysses. He was a lesser character in the Iliad, which is called that because Ilium was another name for Troy. Since then, a long and difficult journey has been referred to as an odyssey.
For most of European history the Iliad and The Odyssey were the earliest known poems. This meant that almost all later European poetry made use of the Iliad or the Odyssey in one way or another. During the twentieth century some poems earlier than the Iliad or the Odyssey were reclaimed:- particularly the Epic of Gilgamish. But the Iliad and the Odyssey passed for the earliest European poems for many hundred years, so they were the poems that everyone turned to.
Homer lived in approximately 850 BCE. He did not transcribe The Iliad but performed it orally. The oldest known copy of The Iliad dates to the 10th century CE.
The Iliad as the book that told about Agamemnon The Iliad is the book that told about Agamemnon
The Latin translation of the Iliad also used the name Hector: http:/www.thelatinlibrary.com/ilias.html
homer
the Iliad and Odyssey
homer
Well in the Iliad the god of war is Ares. Ares is the god of war in Greek mythology. His roman name is Mars.