Show F Jois FROM u Rl VA c 1 I p Ai OMER is' is is i ertl r ly a name for Ill LZ the unknown authorship of the great epics Iliad and Odyssey The Greeks themselves themselves them them- selves knew nothing of Homer Seven cities claimed the honor of his birth The conception of the pOet as the blind old bard oJ of of Selos Selo's rocky isle the his poetical contest with and of his suicide all these are late inventions developments develop develop- ments of anecdotes and pass pass- to ages in the hymns Homer He is said to have lived about 50 B. B BC B.C. C. C 5 |