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Homer ( , "Homeros") is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the legendary author of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey", two epic poems which are the central works of ancient Greek literature. The "Iliad" is set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states. It focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles lasting a few weeks during the last year of the war. The "Odyssey" focuses on the journey home of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy.

Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity, the most widespread being that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. Modern scholars consider them legends.

The Homeric Questionby whom, when, where and under what circumstances were the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" composedcontinues to be debated. Broadly speaking, modern scholarly opinion falls into two groups. One holds that most of the "Iliad" and (according to some) the "Odyssey" are the works of a single poet of genius. The other considers the Homeric poems to be the result of a process of working and re-working by many contributors, and that "Homer" is best seen as a label for an entire tradition. It is generally accepted that the poems were composed at some point around the late 8th or early 7th century BC. 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.

1. Can you name one of Homer's poems?
2. Can you name another?
3. Who is the main character in the Odyssey?
4. Was he a king?
5. Of which place?
6. After which event did the Odyssey take place?
7. How long did the Trojan war last?
8. Was Troy a state?
9. What was it?
10. Name one of the main characters in the Iliad?
11. Can you name another?
12. What is the "Homeric Question"?
13. Has it been settled?
14. Where was Homer from?
15. What modern country is that part of?
16. Was he blind?
17. On the Homeric Question, how many sides are there?
18. Does one side think there was only one author of the Iliad?
19. What language are Homer's poem written in?
20. Around when were they put together?

Numbered answers:
1. Odyssey
2. Iliad
3. Odysseus
4. YES
5. Ithaca
6. the fall of Troy
7. ten years
8. no
9. city
10. King Agamemnon
11. Achilles
12. by whom, when, where and under what circumstances were the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" composed
13. no
14. Ionia
15. Turkey
16. yes
17. two
18. yes
19. Homeric Greek
20. late 8th or early 7th century BC