Hey dear community, I hope you are all doing well and you have a weekend full of positive experiences! In this article, I would like to write about an important figure from ancient Greece and hope you are able to expand your knowledge a little.
Two artworks can be seen here which represent the Greek philosopher and poet Homer who is probably one of the most famous figures from ancient Greece and is also considered one of the oldest authors of antiquity, but it is still a controversial topic to this day whether he really existed or was only a figure of mythology. Much about his origin is based only on assumptions and neither the exact time of his life nor the exact place of birth are known and are a topic that often causes discussion and as his place of birth seven different places come into question and it is assumed that he could have lived between a time between 1200 - 800 BC. Even when it comes to his real name, there are many speculations and it is even suspected that he was blind and moved from place to place to present his works and to inspire others with his singing and already during his lifetime, he was considered a well-known personality and his works have already influenced the education system in antiquity. Homer is considered the author of numerous works of which the best known are the Odyssey and Iliad and these two sources are considered important traditions for informations from ancient Greece and even when it comes to the cult of the gods, these works give many insights and the two works are mainly about the time before and after the Trojan War and there are numerous insights which report about the daily life of the Greeks. His works can generally be considered a mixture of fictional and real themes and his other works are rather unknown and he was also considered the author of some poems or quotations and he has developed a typical style which gives his works an important recognition value, but you can always find some inconsistencies in his works which to this day leave many questions open and make archaeologists think. Many of the myths he reported on are said to come from centuries-old oral tradition which he subsequently described in a large work and to this day, his works are of great importance and inspire numerous people and as one of the first and most important poets of the Occident it is an absolute must to deal with his works.
Many thanks for stopping and I hope you could learn something new about Homer! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens.
