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A home run? 10 ephahs? The American painter of seascapes? A Canadian city?  \nSince the end of the Middle Ages , and in many places well before that , the name \"Homer\" conjured up the image of the great poet of Ionia , in ancient Greece . Homer was a distinct figure: blind , bearded , and lean . More importantly , he composed two of the three major epic poems of Classical antiquity.  \nDid you know?  \nThe third major epic , The Aeneid, was written by the Roman poet Virgil in 19 B.C. In it , the Trojan hero Aeneas escapes the sacking of Troy , goes on a series of great adventures , and eventually establishes the city of Rome .  \nTake a look at the book you will be reading for this unit. He would have had that memorized. And that is the shorter of his two poems .  \nA great man of unquestionable genius , Homer would carry the weight of writing two of the most important works in literature , not to mention holding one of the most celebrated ancient cultures together with his poetry.  \nUnfortunately we can't be sure about any of this .  \nObjectives  \n Examine the figure of Homer and identify what is known and unknown about him .  \n Identify the characteristics and importance of epic poetry.  \nVocabulary  \nantiquity  \nthe time period prior to the Middle Ages; the classical antiquity of Greece and Rome  \na long narrative poem recounting the life and works of a heroic or  \n epic mythological person or group of persons whose actions significantly  \ninfluence their societies  \nmuse  \nany of nine goddesses in Greek mythology who guard music , poetry , and other arts and sciences and inspire those who choose these as their professions  \n Flash Cards  \n Spelling Bee  \nQuestion \\#1Matching  \nMatch the terms to their definition .  \n1 . antiquity  \n2 . epic  \n3 . muse  \nthe time period prior to the Middle Ages; the classical antiquity of Greece and Rome  \na long narrative poem recounting the life and works of a heroic or mythological person or group of persons whose actions significantly influence their societies  \nany of nine goddesses in Greek mythology who guard music , poetry , and other arts and sciences and inspire those who choose these as their professions  \nThe Real Homer  \nNo one knows for sure who Homer was , what he was like , or even if he ever existed. Our picture of him is from a Roman sculpture . That sculpture is a copy of a Greek sculpture . The Greek sculpture most likely was made at least 400 years after Homer would have lived.  \nThe Blind Bard  \nTradition says Homer was blind because for a very long time , everyone writing about him assumed he was blind. Blind men in ancient Greece were not good for war , so some of them made a living by reciting poetry. There is also a description of a blind poet in The Odyssey that many think refers to the poet talking about himself.  \nModern scholars have found some problems with this tradition . First of all , there's not much hard evidence to go on . The earliest writing we have about Homer claims he lived 400 years before it was written . This means there is no reliable biographical information from Homer's own age . Furthermore , we cannot be sure that both poems were written by the same person , nor even that either poem was written by an \"author\" in the way that we think of authors today. These issues and doubts have produced a number  \nof different theories about Homer . Let's look at a few of the most popular .  \nThe Community Homers  \nMost people agree that the stories about the Trojan War were passed down the generations through oral tradition , that is , poets recited them . Some scholars consider it highly unlikely that the Greeks had the same written language at the time of the Trojan War as Homer","cbCaipM7nj1KsmIT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipM7nj1KsmIT","pdf",533117,"English","# English I – Unit 9: The Odyssey\n## Homer and Epic Poetry\n## Objectives\n## Vocabulary\n## The Real Homer\n## The Blind Bard\n## The Community Homers","[{\"question\":\"Who is Homer, and what is the main issue about his identity?\",\"answer\":\"No one knows for sure who Homer was or whether he existed. 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