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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Homer was a famous philosopher for which of the following ____
A
writing the The Iliad
B
writing the Odyssey
C
writing the laws for the aristocracy
D
writing both the Iliad and Odyssey
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The early Greek poet ‘Homer’ composed The Iliad and The Odyssey, two epic poems which became models for all subsequent Western epic poetry are Free-flowing writing style. So A is the correct answer. The Odyssey is the second of the two great epic poems ascribed to Homer.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Iliad tells the story of part of the mythical Trojan War, while The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus’s journey home after the war is over. Today, both The Iliad and The Odyssey have been widely translated into many languages.

Detailed explanation-3: -Homer is the presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two hugely influential epic poems of ancient Greece.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Iliad is often regarded as the first substantial piece of European literature. The Iliad, and the Odyssey, were likely written down in Homeric Greek, a literary amalgam of Ionic Greek and other dialects, probably around the late 8th or early 7th century BC.

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