No. 6 of 200 · Great Authors
700 BC
Major worksIliad, Odyssey, Homeric Hymns
The towering figure at the dawn of Western literature, traditionally credited with the Iliad and the Odyssey, two Greek epics that shaped the imagination of every age that followed. Whether he was one poet, many, or a name given to a long oral tradition, the works under his name set the standard against which epic poetry has been measured ever since.
Erik recommends starting with the Robert Fagles translation.
Episodes from the podcast on Homer.
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