what language was the iliad and odyssey written in
Homer (Ancient Greek: á½Î¼Î·ÏÎ¿Ï [homÉËros] , HÃ³mÉËros) homÄros hÃ³mÄros 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 poetserodotus mentions both the Iliad and the Odyssey as works of Homer. He quotes a few lines from them both, which are the same in todayâs editions. The passage quoted from the Iliad mentions that Paris stopped at Sidon before bringing Helen to Troy.