ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -These two works are epic poems credited to the ancient Greek poet Homer, though their authorship is not certain. They were most likely written between 800 and 700 BCE (The Iliad) and 725 and 675 BCE (The Odyssey).

Detailed explanation-2: -Homer. Homer’s works are some of the most celebrated in global literature. His Iliad and Odyssey are two of the earliest examples of creative literature, both epic poems which depict the story of Helen of Troy, the Trojan War, and Odysseus’ troubled journey home after the battle.

Detailed explanation-3: -Homer, (flourished 9th or 8th century bce, Ionia?), ancient Greek poet, presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Though almost nothing is known of his life, tradition holds that Homer was blind. The ancient Greeks attributed to him the great epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Detailed explanation-4: -Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey focus on the exploits of a single protagonist: the godlike warrior Achilles in the Iliad and the wily, cunning Odysseus in the Odyssey. The events Homer narrates have to do especially with the Trojan War and its aftermath, around the year 1250 B.C.E.

Detailed explanation-5: -Homer is the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature. The Iliad is set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek kingdoms. The Odyssey is supposed to be a partial sequel to the Illiad.