Facts about Homer (Ancient Poet)

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   Around 20,000 lines comprise the Odyssey, Homer's second epic detailing Odysseus's ten-year journey home after the Trojan War.

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   Seven ancient Greek cities claimed birthright to Homer, competing for recognition as his native home during antiquity and the classical period.

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   Blind bards in ancient Greece transmitted Homer's epics orally for centuries before scribes recorded them around the 6th century BCE.

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   Ancient scholars credited Homer with composing both the Iliad and the Odyssey, though modern analysts debate whether a single author wrote both epics in the 8th century BCE.

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   The Iliad contains approximately 15,693 lines of dactylic hexameter verse composed by Homer during the 8th century BCE.

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