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Detailed explanation-1: -Dating to about 750 B.C., this bust is said to be of the Greek poet Homer, author of The Iliad and The Odyssey-epic poems passed down orally by bards long before they were written down. Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Iliad and the Odyssey are two of the world’s most famous poems but very little is known about their creator, ‘Homer’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Iliad (/ˈɪliəd/; Ancient Greek: , romanized: Iliás, Attic Greek: [iː.li. ás]; “a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences.

Detailed explanation-4: -Homer may have been the first to write them down, or simply the only writer whose recordings of the stories survived the years. He may have been motivated by reasons of national or cultural pride to record these stories, or he may have simply been recording what he believed to be actual history for posterity.