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Όμηρος

Ο Όμηρος είναι ο δημιουργός των ποιητικών έργων της Ιλιάδας και της Οδύσσειας, από τα πρώτα κείμενα της Ιστορικής περιόδου της αρχαίας Ελλάδας, γνωστών ως «Ομηρικά Έπη». Η Ιλιάδα αποτελείται από 15.693 στίχους και αναφέρεται στις τελευταίες πενήντα μία, αποφασιστικής σημασίας ημέρες του πολέμου της Τροίας, ο οποίος συνολικά διήρκεσε, σύμφωνα με τον μύθο, 10 χρόνια. Η Οδύσσεια αποτελείται από 12.110 στίχους και περιγράφει τον δεκαετή αγώνα του Οδυσσέα για τον νόστο (επιστροφή στην πατρίδα του Ιθάκη μετά την κατάληψη της Τροίας).

Η γλώσσα των κειμένων είναι η ομηρική ελληνική, μια λογοτεχνική γλώσσα με ανάμειξη χαρακτηριστικών από την ιωνική και την αιολική διάλεκτο με κύρια επιρροή την ανατολική ιωνική διάλεκτο. Πολλοί ερευνητές πιστεύουν ότι αρχικά τα ποιήματα μεταδόθηκαν προφορικά.

Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος) was an ancient Greek author and epic poet. He is the reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two epic poems that are the foundational works of ancient Greek literature. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. The Homeric epics were the greatest influence on ancient Greek culture and education. From antiquity until the present day, the influence of Homeric epic on Western civilization has been great, inspiring many of its most famous works of literature, music, art and film.

The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language which shows a mixture of features of the Ionic and Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic. Most researchers believe that the poems were originally transmitted orally.

The ancient Greeks generally believed that Homer was an historical individual, but modern scholars are skeptical: no reliable biographical information has been handed down from classical antiquity, and the poems themselves manifestly represent the culmination of many centuries of oral story-telling and a well-developed "formulaic" system of poetic composition. According to Martin West, "Homer" is "not the name of a historical poet, but a fictitious or constructed name."

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  • Cover of: The Iliad of Homer: done into English prose
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    Cover of edition iliadhomerdonein00home Cover of edition diehomerischeili00homeuoft Cover of edition initiahomericasi00home Cover of edition iliadadehomero00home Cover of edition homerouiliadosvi00home Cover of edition iliadsofhomerpri01homeuoft Cover of edition storyofachillesf00home Cover of edition scholiagraecainh01homeuoft Cover of edition homeriliad01homeuoft First published in 1505 — 1084 editions
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  • Cover of: The Odyssey of Homer
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    Cover of edition lodysse02hom Cover of edition nyodysseyofhomer00home Cover of edition odysseyofhomer00v2 Cover of edition odysseyofhomerbo00home Cover of edition odysseyofhomer00home_4 Cover of edition lodysse04hom Cover of edition lodysse01hom Cover of edition lodysse04hom Cover of edition lodysse03hom First published in 1488 — 1060 editions
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    First published in 1980 — 240 editions
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  • Cover of: Odyssey
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    Cover of edition odyssey0000soan Cover of edition odyssey0000unse_c6h1 First published in 1946 — 118 editions
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  • Cover of: Iliad

    First published in 2014 — 69 editions
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  • Cover of: Iliad

    First published in 2013 — 38 editions
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  • Cover of: The complete works of Homer: the Iliad and the Odyssey
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    Cover of edition homeriopera04home Cover of edition homeriopera01home Cover of edition operarecognoveru01homeuoft Cover of edition homeriopera05home Cover of edition operabaumlein02home Cover of edition opera0000home_p1t4 Cover of edition homeriopera02home Cover of edition homeriopera03home Cover of edition operabaumlein01home First published in 1572 — 31 editions
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  • Cover of: Iliad

    First published in 2015 — 27 editions
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  • Cover of: The Iliad of Homer

    First published in 1883 — 27 editions
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    First published in 1961 — 22 editions
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    First published in 2010 — 20 editions
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    First published in 1967 — 19 editions
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  • Cover of: The Iliad

    First published in 1946 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Iliad

    First published in 1951 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Selections from Homer's Iliad

    First published in 1908 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: L'Odyssée
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    Cover of edition lodysseechantsvi0000home First published in 1933 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: Iliad

    First published in 2019 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: Odyssey: a Classics Illustrated Edition

    First published in 2021 — 16 editions
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Subjects

Poetry, Greek Epic poetry, Odysseus (Greek mythology), Translations into English, Achilles (Greek mythology), Trojan War, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Greek poetry, Hymns, Greek (Classical), Juvenile literature, Translations into Italian, Fiction, Homer, Classical philology, Homeric hymns, Translations into German, Greek Gods, Literature, Literature, collections, Early works to 1800, Epic poetry, Greek Mythology, History and criticism, Poetry, collections, Translations into French

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Italy, Amazon rainforest, Baker Street, Caribbean, Greece, London, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet, Verona, Turkey, Ilium, Italy Naples, Milan, Troy, Troy (Extinct city), Araby, Araby bazaar, Belluno, Carthage, Crete, England, Great Britain, Griechisch, India, Istanbul

People

Homer, Achilles (Mythological character), Odysseus King of Ithaca (Mythological character), Paris, William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Abram, Archie, Balthasar, Benvolio, Duncan Ross, Escalus, Friar John, Friar Lawrence, General Zaroff, Gregory, Ivan, Jabez Wilson, John Clay, John H. Watson, Juliet Capulet, Lady Capulet, Lady Montague, Mercutio, Mr. Merryweather, Peter

Time

1890, 20th century, Trojan War, 1194–1184 BCE, 21st century, Bronze Age, Geometric Period (c. 900-700 BCE), Guerre de Troie, ancient world, mundo antiguo, ~ 1178 BC

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Alternative names

  • Homère
  • Homer
  • Hómēros
  • Omero
  • Homero
  • Гомер
  • 荷马
  • هوميروس
  • Ὅμηρος
  • Homer Homer
  • Homer Staff
  • Homerus
  • Homerus ca. 8th-7th cent. B.C.
  • Homeros
  • Homère.
  • Homere/
  • HOMER

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August 20, 2024 Edited by AgentSapphire Edited without comment.
May 29, 2024 Edited by LeadSongDog Edited without comment.
May 16, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
July 1, 2022 Edited by LeadSongDog Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import