The biography of the writer Homer

Average rating: 4 total assessments were received: one of the lessons of literature in the 6th grade is dedicated to the study of the great ancient Greek poems “Iliad” and “Odyssey”. Their author is Homer - the legendary AED of Ancient Greece, a poet and singer, the founder of world literature. In a literal translation from the ancient Greek, his name means "blind" or "needing accompanying." Perhaps from here the famous version of Homer's blindness arose.

The date and place of birth is not known for certain where and when the great ancient Greek writer was born. There are several versions of Homer's biography. Some believe that he was born and lived in a short time after the Trojan War, or even during it, and could well be an eyewitness to those tragic events. Others are sure that he "hello" after, or years after the fall of Troy.

The ancient Romans - Pliny, Cornelius Nepot, Cicero, express one common belief: Homer worked at the end of the tenth or at the dawn of the ninth centuries before R. both regarding the date of birth and regarding the place where he was born, endless disputes are underway. But this is not the whole list. There are other “policies” and even countries presenting the right to bear the such proud name “Homeland Homer”.

Legends nature does not tolerate emptiness. So gaps in the brief biography of Homer were filled with various legends, parables and myths. Which of them is true and that fiction is unknown. For example, the ancients believed that in the last years of his life, Homer was interested in the issue of his origin and with this unsolved secret went to the oracle. The latter answered simply: the homeland of your mother is Jos.

Your earthly path will end on this earth. The only thing: fear any mysteries from young people. Soon after the prediction, Homer went to this island. When he sat in thought on the shore, he saw fish-bacons. A conversation came about the catch. The boys answered the old man’s questions as a mystery, they say, they threw what they caught at sea, but we could not catch - we carry with us.

Homer could not understand what the fishermen had in mind. Surrounded and in deep thought he went home, and did not notice how he stumbled and fell. Three days passed and he died. The author of the poem "Iliad" on the Greek Island of Khios is buried. The Homeric question The people of Greece never questioned the fact that the poems of Iliad and Odyssey were created by the poetic gift of Homer.

Skeptics appeared relatively recently - in the 18th century. Some critics tried to completely deprive Homer of the “copyright” of great poems, and thereby take his glory and honorable first place in the history of literature. Others believed that only part of his works was created by himself, and his merit is that he collected and united the scattered “pieces” into a single whole.

For example, in the year, Frederick August Wolf, a German linguist, published a book on the study of the works of the ancient Greek poet. He argued that at the time of Homer of writing, the ancient Greeks did not yet have. Therefore, all songs and poems were remembered and transmitted orally. The conclusion, according to the author, is only one: it is impossible to create and store in memory such voluminous in size and differing in the artistic unity of the work as “Odyssey” and “Iliad”.

Thus, the same exciting world “Homeric question” arose. It is interesting to note that Goethe, Schiller, Foss and many other famous writers and philologists were against such a version. Other biography options Option 2 Interesting facts the first translations of fragments from Homer belong to M. especially carefully and talentedly translated the Iliad Nikolai Gnedich in the year.

Ancient literature offers nine biographies of the great ancient Greek poet. None of them are true, and for the most part contain myths and traditions. Biography rating.