Homer,ancient Greek poet

Hello guys and welcome to another video of Discover. In today's video we will study about legendary Greek author Homer, and his work for creating epic action genres literature, like Iliad and the legendary Odysseus, so get ready to star. Let me not then die and gloriously but let me do some great things. That shall be told among men hereafter. The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend as to to find a friend worth dying of. These were the words of famous Greek poet Homer who would be known as greatest poet of antiquity, and is remembered for this to epic poems. Iliad and Odysseus which set the standard for action thriller poems of the centuries to come, that's why he is also known as king of epic poems. But the early life and history of Homer is not well known by historians. Homer was born somewhere between 1200 BC and 750 BC, but historians still argues to that date as there is no exact record. His birth was before the development of modern calendar so we can guess his age by events of that time. Not only this there is also an argument among historians about birthplace of Homer, but many theories believed that Homer was born between areas of Greece and Turkey. Many historians also believes that Homer was blind. Many sculptures of Homer featured him without eyes. Back in the 8th century Greek was the hub of literature and knowledge and Greek was also fortunate for having great knowledge body. And Homer was one of them. His Iliad and Odysseus has revolutionized the poems. And these poems are about adventures and heroic stories of Greek culture and its mythology. One epic poem of Homer was Iliad written between 750 BC and 850 BC. In which the Greek sieged the city of Troy and entered it by using the infamous Trojan horse. The Greek captured the city at the end of the war. But many historians argues to that same date that Troy was a fiction city while other historians claims to have found the remains of Troy. In Western Turkey, the other epic poem which Homer is known for is Odyssey which is believed to be written between 725 to 675. This story is after the fall of Troy and about a man named Odysseus and his journey to home after war. When he and his men encountered mysterious creature on an island. The style of storytelling was much more impressive and great that continued for the centuries. But Homer was a man who surrounded himself with mysteries. As many historians believed that Odysseus was written by a group of writers not Homer himself. The evidences which support this fact are that Iliad was written in a much formal language while Odysseus is written in a modern day today Greek language. Moreover, there is also a perception that Iliad and Odyssey are written in a hundred years gap. Nonetheless, Homer writing had a great impact on Greek culture and their literature and his legacy will live forever and will continue to inspire upcoming trends. Thanks for watching please like and subscribe for more videos like this.