Homer is a human whose existence is disputed[1]. He was born on 900 BC[2]. He died in Ios[3]. He died on 800 BC[4]. He worked as a poet[5], author[6], and writer[7]. He ranks in the top 0.33% of human_whose_existence_is_disputed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,889 views/month, #1 of 306).[8]
Homer's medical condition is recorded as blindness[27].
Body
Origins and Family
Homer was born on 900 BC[2]. His mother was Kretheis[9]. He is identified as part of the Greeks ethnic group[12]. Ancient Greek was his native language[11].
Career and Affiliations
Recorded occupations include poet[5], author[6], and writer[7]. Homer's field of work was Greek literature[13].
Works and Contributions
Notable works include Iliad[14], a literary work[28], founded in -0800[29]; Odyssey[15], a literary work[30]; and Homeric epics[16], a group of works[31]. Things named for Homer include Homeric Greek[32], Homeric Question[33], Homeric Hymns[34], Homeric simile[35], Homer's Odyssey[36], Contest of him and Hesiod[37], Chios Island National Airport[38], and Homeridae[39].
Homer ranks in the top 0.33% of human_whose_existence_is_disputed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,889 views/month, #1 of 306).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] He is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
He has been cited as an influence by Plato[42], a philosopher[43], -0427–-0347[44], of Classical Athens[45], specialised in philosophy[46]; Friedrich Nietzsche[47], a philosopher[48], 1844–1900[49], of Kingdom of Prussia[50]; Virgil[51], a poet[52], -0070–-0019[53], of Ancient Rome[54]; Henry David Thoreau[55], a poet[56], 1817–1862[57], of United States[58], awarded the Hall of Fame for Great Americans[59], specialised in writing[60]; Walt Whitman[61], a writer[62], 1819–1892[63], of United States[64], awarded the New Jersey Hall of Fame[65]; and T. S. Eliot[66], a playwright[67], 1888–1965[68], of United States[69], awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[70].
Works attributed to him include Odyssey[71], Iliad[72], Homeric Hymns[73], Telemachy[74], Margites[75], and Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 20[76]. Entities named for him include Homeric Greek[32], Homeric Question[33], Homeric Hymns[34], Homeric simile[35], Homer's Odyssey[36], and Contest of him and Hesiod[37].
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