5. ODYSSEY INSPIRED MANY HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL NOVELS.
It is said that Homer's Odyssey inspired many further highly acclaimed pieces of literature including Inferno (by Dante Alighieri), Don Quixote (by Miguel de Cervantes), Heart of Darkness (by Joseph Conrad), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (by L. Frank Baum), and Ulysses (by James Joyce). (Credits: softschools.com) 4. BESIDES THE DATE OF BIRTH, PEOPLE WERE UNCERTAIN ABOUT HOMER’S PLACE OF BIRTH. Some people estimate that Homer must be from a town located in Mediterranean regions. Some people think that he came from the Island of Chios. It is an island in eastern part of Mediterranean. (Credits: myinterestingfacts.com) 3. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND OUT WHEN HOMER WAS BORN. There are many beliefs about his date of birth. Some experts think that he lived around 600 BC. Other thinks that he lived around 11th or 12th century BC close to the famous Trojan War. Another speculation is from Herodotus who believed that he lived around 450 BC. (Credits: myinterestingfacts.com) 2.APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF ALL OF HOMER'S WORK WAS IN THE FORM OF SPEECHES. In Homer's time, his poetry would have been spoken aloud as opposed to being written down. It was only later that they would have been written down. It is believed that Homer's poems were recorded soon after the alphabet was invented. (Credits: softschools.com) 1. DID HOMER REALLY EXIST ? Many historians are still skeptical whether the man named Homer really exists in the world. There is no biographical information about him. Homer is famous because he took the credit for the epic poems entitled The Iliad and The Odyssey. Historians know that the writer of this poem was Homer. However, there is still speculation on the person who wrote it. Some people believe that it was written by a number of people, while others think that it was written by a person. (Credits: myinterestingfacts.com) Did you like reading "Odyssey" ? Yes.Then most readers loved reading these 3 books on Amazon as well.
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