[DOC] [TLE] Homer - Poet - Biography.com [PAR] Oct 6, 2015 ... He is famous for the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, which have had an 
enormous effect on Western culture, but very little is known about their alleged 
author. ... Guesses at his birth date range from 750 BC all the way back to ... 
Homer is thought to have been blind, based solely on a character in... [DOC] [TLE] Homer - Wikipedia [PAR] Homer is best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was believed 
by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets. Author 
of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon. When 
he lived, as well as whether he lived at all, is unknown. ... If the works attributed 
either wholly or partially to a blind poet named Homer,... [DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: The Odyssey: Context [PAR] Also explains the historical and literary context that influenced The Odyssey. ... 
centuries b.c.e. Authorship is traditionally ascribed to a blind poet named Homer, 
and it ... that Homer wrote the Odyssey at a later time of his life, when he showed 
less ... to the Iliad but had different interests from those of the earlier epic's author. [DOC] [TLE] The Iliad: Homer Biography - CliffsNotes [PAR] This evidence is based on the portrayal in the Odyssey of a blind minstrel who ... 
the 6th century B.C. when, in Athens, they were written down for the first time. ... 
although the picture he paints in the epic shows aspects of society from all of the 
... in the Iliad and other Greek texts, discovered the site that is now accepted as... [DOC] [TLE] Homer facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ... [PAR] The Iliad and the Odyssey, two long epic poems surviving in a surprisingly large 
... In both the Iliad and Odyssey the personality of the poet remains wholly 
concealed, since he does ... (In antiquity there was a persistent belief that Homer 
was blind.) .... whether modern scholarship would accept them as all by the same 
author. [DOC] [TLE] Homer | Greek poet | Britannica.com [PAR] Written By: ... [now in Turkey]) presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. ... If 
this assumption is accepted, then Homer must assuredly be one of the greatest of 
... He is also one of the most influential authors in the widest sense, for the two 
epics ..... All oral poetry is cumulative in essence; the verse is built up by adding... [DOC] [TLE] The Iliad and Odyssey [PAR] The Iliad and Odyssey: Historical Background ... characters, they are events that 
transpired hundreds of years before the author even lived; ... to believe that a 
man named Homer ever wrote any of these stories, or that he was blind. ... basic 
culture; although the two sides are protected by different gods, all the gods 
belong to... [DOC] [TLE] Who was Homer? - cerhas [PAR] Tradition says that a great blind poet named Homer wrote the Iliad and Odyssey, 
the epic poems about ... the six-beat rhythm of Greek verse if he knew the plot of 
his story, the themes ... It would take days to recite all of the Iliad or the Odyssey! [DOC] [TLE] Homer | Biography, Books and Facts - Famous Authors [PAR] He is the composer of Iliad and the Odyssey which hold the privilege of being the 
... In fact, it is also supposed that the word Homer was used to address blind men 
... the question whether Homer alone wrote the two famous poems, much of the 
.... Top 10 Greatest Romance Authors of All Time  10 Famous Science Fiction... [DOC] [TLE] Homer- Ancient Greek Poet [PAR] Homer - Ancient Greek Epic Poet of the Odyssey and Iliad ... Born around 8th - 
9th century B.C. he was said to be a court singer and a story teller. ... When we 
think of the blind poet Homer with relation to Ancient Greece, the first thing ... in a 
consistent style, and this fact is doubtful if they had been written by different 
authors. [DOC] [TLE]

Question: About all that is accepted about this author is that he was blind & wrote the "Iliad" & the "Odyssey"
Answer: Homer