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In the Western classical tradition, Homer (Greek: Ὅμηρος) is considered the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.

When he lived is unknown. Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before his own time, which would place him at around 850 BCE, while other ancient sources claim that he lived much nearer to the supposed time of the Trojan War, in the early 12th century BCE. Most modern researchers place Homer in the 7th or 8th centuries BCE.

The formative influence of the Homeric epics in shaping Greek culture was widely recognized, and Homer was des ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 1,554,694 ratings · 31,101 reviews · 3,341 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Odyssey 3.80 avg rating — 1,020,672 ratings — published -700 — 5300 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Iliad by Homer, Emily Wilson (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 426,008 ratings — published -800 — 5883 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Iliad / The Odyssey by Homer, Robert Fagles (Translator), Bernard Knox (Introduction) 4.06 avg rating — 72,540 ratings — published -800 — 731 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homeric Hymns 4.04 avg rating — 5,629 ratings — published -699 — 156 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Illiad by Homer, William B. Jones Jr. (Introduction) 3.87 avg rating — 2,544 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odyssey I–XII 4.09 avg rating — 1,660 ratings — published -700 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iliad, Books 1–12 (Loeb Classical Library, #170) by Homer, Augustus Taber Murray (Translator), William F. Wyatt Jr. (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 1,214 ratings — published -800 — 165 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iliad, Books 13–24 (Loeb Classical Library, #171) 4.54 avg rating — 957 ratings — published -750 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Iliad/The Odyssey/The Aeneid by Homer, Virgil, Bernard Knox (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 964 ratings — published 600 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iliada, #1 3.91 avg rating — 911 ratings — published -800	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Iliad by Homer (2 books)
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David B. Monro (Editors, Introduction)

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