WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT GREECE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
A
Virgil
B
Homer
C
Socrates
D
Plato
Explanation: 

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: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ancient Greek Literature: The Iliad and the Odyssey are epic poems from ancient Greek. They are two of the most important works in Western literature. The author of both works is Homer, but the stories are believed to be much older.

Detailed explanation-4: -Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short “Good Night” on April 19, 1987.

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