Homer

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ancient Greek poet epic poet legendary figure person of uncertain historicity

Homer is the legendary ancient Greek poet traditionally credited with composing the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, foundational works of Western literature.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Homer canonical 123
Homer (traditional attribution) 2
Homer (traditional birthplace claims) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek poet ⓘ
epic poet ⓘ
legendary figure ⓘ
person of uncertain historicity ⓘ
associatedWith Homeric epics ⓘ
Homeric question ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
canonicalStatus core author in classical Greek curriculum ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek ⓘ
era Archaic Greece ⓘ
floruit circa 8th century BCE ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre heroic epic ⓘ
influenced Dante Alighieri ⓘ
Greek philosophy ⓘ
Greek tragedy ⓘ
James Joyce ⓘ
Roman literature ⓘ
Virgil ⓘ
Western literature ⓘ
ancient Greek literature ⓘ
epic poetry tradition ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
languageOfWorks Homeric Greek ⓘ
legacy central author in classical education ⓘ
foundational figure of Western canon ⓘ
literaryForm epic poetry ⓘ
meterUsed dactylic hexameter ⓘ
name Homer self-link ⓘ
notableWork Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form: Iliad

Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: Odyssey
occupation poet ⓘ
rhapsode ⓘ
portrayedAs blind poet (traditional image) ⓘ
possibleBirthplace Chios ⓘ
Colophon ⓘ
Smyrna ⓘ
various cities of ancient Greece (traditional claims) ⓘ
primarySettingOfWorks Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: Odysseus’s journey home (Odyssey)

Trojan War ⓘ
surface form: Trojan War (Iliad)
region Ionia ⓘ
surface form: ancient Ionia (traditional attribution)
subjectOf Homeric question (scholarly debate on authorship) ⓘ
classical scholarship ⓘ
philological studies ⓘ
textualTradition transmitted orally before written form ⓘ
traditionallyCreditedWith composing the Iliad ⓘ
composing the Odyssey ⓘ

Referenced by (128)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Homer's Odyssey → author → Homer ⓘ
Winslow Homer → familyName → Homer ⓘ
Greek Antiquity → hasNotablePoet → Homer ⓘ
Luís de Camões → influencedBy → Homer ⓘ
the Muses → invokedBy → Homer ⓘ
Homer's Iliad → author → Homer ⓘ
subject surface form: Iliad
Hesiod → contemporaryOf → Homer ⓘ
Hesiod → comparedWith → Homer ⓘ
Odysseus → creator → Homer ⓘ
Nausicaa → createdBy → Homer ⓘ
Homer → name → Homer self-link ⓘ
Telemachus → createdBy → Homer ⓘ
the contest of the bow in Ithaca → hasAuthor → Homer ⓘ
subject surface form: contest of the bow in Ithaca
Leto → authorMentionedBy → Homer ⓘ
Alcinous → source → Homer ⓘ
Polyphemus → sourceAuthor → Homer ⓘ
Eumaeus → creator → Homer ⓘ
Antinous → createdBy → Homer ⓘ
Dione → literarySource → Homer ⓘ
Homeric epics → traditionallyAttributedTo → Homer ⓘ
Dodona → mentionedBy → Homer ⓘ
Homeric Hymns → traditionallyAttributedTo → Homer ⓘ
Penelope → literarySource → Homer ⓘ
Eurycleia → creator → Homer ⓘ
Oceanus → sourceWorkAuthor → Homer ⓘ
Ionia → associatedWith → Homer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homer (traditional birthplace claims)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe → influencedBy → Homer ⓘ
Achilles → createdBy → Homer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homer (traditional attribution)
Ion → discusses → Homer ⓘ
subject surface form: Ion (dialogue)
Virgil → influencedBy → Homer ⓘ
Attorney General Homer Cummings → givenName → Homer ⓘ
subject surface form: Homer Cummings
Ogygia → describedBy → Homer ⓘ
John Keats → influencedBy → Homer ⓘ
James Joyce → influencedBy → Homer ⓘ
Patroclus → createdBy → Homer ⓘ
Charybdis → authorMention → Homer ⓘ
Magnetes → mentionedBy → Homer ⓘ
Troy → basedOnAuthor → Homer ⓘ
subject surface form: Troy (film)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? → basedOnAuthor → Homer ⓘ
Loeb Classical Library → includesAuthor → Homer ⓘ
Odysseus and Nausicaa → literaryAuthorOfSource → Homer ⓘ
Tyro → mentionedBy → Homer ⓘ
Trojan War → centralWorkOf → Homer ⓘ
King of Ithaca → literarySource → Homer ⓘ
Laertes → knownFromSource → Homer ⓘ
Lotus-Eaters → describedBy → Homer ⓘ
Arete → createdBy → Homer ⓘ
Scheria → describedByAuthor → Homer ⓘ
queen of the Phaeacians → praisedBy → Homer ⓘ
subject surface form: Arete
queen of the Phaeacians → canonicalAuthor → Homer ⓘ
subject surface form: Arete