Homer
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Homer is the legendary ancient Greek poet traditionally credited with composing the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, foundational works of Western literature.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homer (traditional attribution) | 1 |
| 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 (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Homer (traditional birthplace claims)
subject surface form:
Iliad
subject surface form:
Troy (film)
subject surface form:
Homer Cummings
subject surface form:
contest of the bow in Ithaca