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Όμηρος

Ο Όμηρος είναι ο δημιουργός των ποιητικών έργων της Ιλιάδας και της Οδύσσειας, από τα πρώτα κείμενα της Ιστορικής περιόδου της αρχαίας Ελλάδας, γνωστών ως «Ομηρικά Έπη». Η Ιλιάδα αποτελείται από 15.693 στίχους και αναφέρεται στις τελευταίες πενήντα μία, αποφασιστικής σημασίας ημέρες του πολέμου της Τροίας, ο οποίος συνολικά διήρκεσε, σύμφωνα με τον μύθο, 10 χρόνια. Η Οδύσσεια αποτελείται από 12.110 στίχους και περιγράφει τον δεκαετή αγώνα του Οδυσσέα για τον νόστο (επιστροφή στην πατρίδα του Ιθάκη μετά την κατάληψη της Τροίας).

Η γλώσσα των κειμένων είναι η ομηρική ελληνική, μια λογοτεχνική γλώσσα με ανάμειξη χαρακτηριστικών από την ιωνική και την αιολική διάλεκτο με κύρια επιρροή την ανατολική ιωνική διάλεκτο. Πολλοί ερευνητές πιστεύουν ότι αρχικά τα ποιήματα μεταδόθηκαν προφορικά.

Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος) was an ancient Greek author and epic poet. He is the reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two epic poems that are the foundational works of ancient Greek literature. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. The Homeric epics were the greatest influence on ancient Greek culture and education. From antiquity until the present day, the influence of Homeric epic on Western civilization has been great, inspiring many of its most famous works of literature, music, art and film.

The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language which shows a mixture of features of the Ionic and Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic. Most researchers believe that the poems were originally transmitted orally.

The ancient Greeks generally believed that Homer was an historical individual, but modern scholars are skeptical: no reliable biographical information has been handed down from classical antiquity, and the poems themselves manifestly represent the culmination of many centuries of oral story-telling and a well-developed "formulaic" system of poetic composition. According to Martin West, "Homer" is "not the name of a historical poet, but a fictitious or constructed name."

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reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

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    First published in 1864 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Homeri Ilias

    First published in 1804 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Odyssey of Homer
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    First published in 1871 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The iliad of homer
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    Cover of edition bwb_W9-DAH-816 Cover of edition bwb_S0-AGE-414 First published in 1951 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Odyssey

    First published in 1928 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1996 — 4 editions
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    Cover of edition homerswerke04homegoog Cover of edition homerswerke06vossgoog First published in 1833 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Men at sea: the best sea stories of all time from Homer to William F. Buckley, Jr.
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    Cover of edition isbn_9780517569184 Cover of edition menatseabestseas0000unse First published in 1988 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Homer: Odyssey The

    First published in 2006 — 4 editions
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    First published in 2020 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Iliad

    First published in 1909 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Iliad

    First published in 2015 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Iliad of Homer

    First published in 1802 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Iliad of Homer: Translated into English Blank Verse

    First published in 1895 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Odysseys, Tr. by G. Chapman, with Intr. and Notes by R. Hooper

    First published in 2018 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Story of the Odyssey, Or the Adventures of Ulysses: For Boys and Girls

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    First published in 2020 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1547 — 4 editions
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Subjects

Poetry, Greek Epic poetry, Odysseus (Greek mythology), Translations into English, Achilles (Greek mythology), Trojan War, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Greek poetry, Hymns, Greek (Classical), Juvenile literature, Translations into Italian, Fiction, Homer, Classical philology, Homeric hymns, Translations into German, Greek Gods, Literature, Literature, collections, Early works to 1800, Epic poetry, Greek Mythology, History and criticism, Poetry, collections, Translations into French

Places

Italy, Amazon rainforest, Baker Street, Caribbean, Greece, London, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet, Verona, Turkey, Ilium, Italy Naples, Milan, Troy, Troy (Extinct city), Araby, Araby bazaar, Belluno, Carthage, Crete, England, Great Britain, Griechisch, India, Istanbul

People

Homer, Achilles (Mythological character), Odysseus King of Ithaca (Mythological character), Paris, William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Abram, Archie, Balthasar, Benvolio, Duncan Ross, Escalus, Friar John, Friar Lawrence, General Zaroff, Gregory, Ivan, Jabez Wilson, John Clay, John H. Watson, Juliet Capulet, Lady Capulet, Lady Montague, Mercutio, Mr. Merryweather, Peter

Time

1890, 20th century, Trojan War, 1194–1184 BCE, 21st century, Bronze Age, Geometric Period (c. 900-700 BCE), Guerre de Troie, ancient world, mundo antiguo, ~ 1178 BC

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Alternative names

  • Homère
  • Homer
  • Hómēros
  • Omero
  • Homero
  • Гомер
  • 荷马
  • هوميروس
  • Ὅμηρος
  • Homer Homer
  • Homer Staff
  • Homerus
  • Homerus ca. 8th-7th cent. B.C.
  • Homeros
  • Homère.
  • Homere/
  • HOMER

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August 20, 2024 Edited by AgentSapphire Edited without comment.
May 29, 2024 Edited by LeadSongDog Edited without comment.
May 16, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
July 1, 2022 Edited by LeadSongDog Edited without comment.
February 16, 2010 Edited by Winnie Updated information from Wikipedia