Assertion: homer | /r/HasProperty | blind
Facets:
value: to obvious signs
type: OTHER
value: due to the description
type: CAUSE
value: according to legend
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: They include that Homer was blind (taking as self-referential a passage describing the blind bard Demodocus), that he was born in Chios, that he was the son of the river Meles and the nymph Critheïs, that he was a wandering bard, that he composed a varying list of other works (the "Homerica"), that he died either in Ios or after failing to solve a riddle set by fishermen, and various explanations for the name "Homer".
text: A legend, has it that he was a blind poet who lived in Ionia.
text: Whether Homer was a blind man, a group of men, or a woman, he (or she) gave Greece the Iliad and Odyssey, the first two epics of western civilization .
text: Although no one has concrete evidence relating to the author of these tales, it is widely accepted that Homer was a blind Ionian bard.
text: Homer was a blind story teller who traveled from town to town reciting the great deeds of legendary heroes of the time.
text: He is thought to have been blind, and so is known as the blind bard, just as Shakespeare, calling on the same tradition, is known as the bard of Avon.
text: According to legend, he was a blind itinerant poet (the Greek word
text: Homer the Blind Wonder Cat (1997-2013) was an eyeless cat who served as the inspiration for the 2009 New York Times bestselling memoir Homer’s Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat, written by Gwen Cooper.
text: For instance, it is from the description of the blind bard in The Odyssey that many historians have guessed that Homer was blind.
text: He was said to be blind.
text: For example, Homer is thought to be blind due to the description presented of the blind bard in The Odyssey.
text: Tradition held that Homer was blind, and various Ionian cities are claimed to be his birthplace, but otherwise his biography is completely unknown.
text: Some of the legends say that Homer was blind.
text: Homer was blind to obvious signs, even when Moe congratulated him for getting Marge pregnant and her friends and family threw her a baby shower.
text: He is also described as being blind, which also supports the argument that Homer was portraying himself, because there was a belief that Homer was blind.
text: Distinguishing features: Homer is blind, his eyes brown voids that lead the eye into an inner darkness.
text: The history states that homer was blind and could have been born in any locality of ancient Greece:
text: Tradition has it that Homer was blind, but the evidence for this idea is unreliable.
text: Greek writers also claimed that he was blind, that his real name was Melesigines, and that his father was the river Meles and his mother a nymph named Kretheis.
text: Dr. Cattley dismisses the suggestion that Homer, being blind, made an unreliable witness in such matters. '
text: We don't know if Homer was blind,'' he said. '
text: Tradition has it that he was blind, a theory based largely on his portrayal of Demodocus, the blind singer of the Phaeacians (8.51), a passage in the "Hymns," and the somewhat romantic notion (partly supported by fact) that many such performers were blind.
text: Homer was said to be blind, like the bard Demodocus in the Odyssey, and to have earned a meager living by performing at one court after another.
text: B.C. Some scholars believe Homer was blind; others say he was a she.
text: A legend, has it that he was a blind poet who lived in Ionia.
text: Homer was a blind poet who composed the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epics about the Trojan War.
text: Homer was a blind poet who wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad.
text: From this episode grew the rumor that Homer was a blind poet, wandering the countryside singing for his supper.