Homer author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Greek literature. The Iliad is set during the Trojan War, Troy by a coalition of Greek states, but focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles war. The Odyssey focuses on the journey home of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy.

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Homer, 850 BC, Greek poet, Iliad, Odyssey, earliest works of Greek literature which have survived to the present day, Mycenaean culture, The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan war, 1190 BC

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