WRITER

Homer

800 BC - 750 BC

Homer

Homer (; Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros; born c. 8th century BCE) was an Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history. Homer's Iliad centers on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles during the last year of the Trojan War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Homer has received more than 9,531,070 page views. His biography is available in 187 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 182 in 2019). Homer is the most popular writer, the 6th most popular biography from Greece (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Writer.

Homer is most famous for his epic poem, The Odyssey.

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9.5M
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89.85
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
187
Languages Editions (L)
17.56
Effective Languages (L*)
4.80
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Notable Works

Iliad

Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). Erodelphian Society, Translations into English, Odysseus (Greek mythology)

Set in the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of Ilium by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. - [Wikipedia][1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad

1505

Odyssey

great_books_of_the_western_world, Translations into Italian, Odysseus (Greek mythology)

The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of Western literature, the Iliad being the oldest. Scholars believe it was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia. - [Wikipedia][1] When Robert Fagles' translation of the Iliad was published in 1990, critics and scholars alike hailed it as a masterpiece. Now one of the great translators of our time presents us with the Odyssey, Homer's best-loved poem, recounting Odysseus' wanderings after the Trojan War. With wit and wile, the "man of twists and turns" meets the challenges of gods and monsters, only to return after twenty years to a home besieged by his wife's suitors. In the myths and legends retold in this immortal poem, Fagles has captured the energy of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom. This is an Odyssey to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. - Container. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey

1488

The Homeric hymns

Poetry, Translations into English, Hymns, Greek (Classical)

1806

Bridge of the Gods

1965

Ὀδύσσεια

great_books_of_the_western_world, Poetry, Fiction

1488

The Odyssey

Greek Epic poetry, Translations into English, Poetry

A new translation of the epic poem retells the story of Odysseus's ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.

1946

The Iliad of Homer

Odysseus (Greek mythology), Juvenile poetry, Readers

This long-awaited new edition of Lattimore's Iliad is designed to bring the book into the twenty-first century—while leaving the poem as firmly rooted in ancient Greece as ever. Lattimore's elegant, fluent verses—with their memorably phrased heroic epithets and remarkable fidelity to the Greek—remain unchanged, but classicist Richard Martin has added a wealth of supplementary materials designed to aid new generations of readers. A new introduction sets the poem in the wider context of Greek life, warfare, society, and poetry, while line-by-line notes at the back of the volume offer explanations of unfamiliar terms, information about the Greek gods and heroes, and literary appreciation. A glossary and maps round out the book. The result is a volume that actively invites readers into Homer's poem, helping them to understand fully the worlds in which he and his heroes lived—and thus enabling them to marvel, as so many have for centuries, at Hektor and Ajax, Paris and Helen, and the devastating rage of Achilleus.

1505

Odyssey

Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Odysseus (greek mythology), Mythology, classical

1980

Dictionary of National Biography

biography, dictionary, Dictionaries

The definitive compendium of British biographies, originally commissioned by publisher George Murray Smith of Smith, Elder & co. A series of editors and a long list of contributors followed the format first established by Sir Leslie Stephen. Entries range from one paragraph to several pages per person. The DNB was acquired by Oxford University Press circa 1912. They added supplements, errata, indices, and a _Concise_ version. Modern versions are published as the _Oxford Dictionary of National Biography_. A painstaking transcription from scanned public domain copies is underway at WikiSource: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_DNB

1885

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Homer ranks 1 out of 7,302. After him are Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord Byron, Voltaire, Hans Christian Andersen, Leo Tolstoy, and Victor Hugo.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Homer
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 89.85
Rank: 1
Dante Alighieri
1265 - 1321
HPI: 89.54
Rank: 2
William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
HPI: 89.43
Rank: 3
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749 - 1832
HPI: 88.54
Rank: 4
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 - 1849
HPI: 87.99
Rank: 5
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821 - 1881
HPI: 87.73
Rank: 6
J. R. R. Tolkien
1892 - 1973
HPI: 87.63
Rank: 7
Lord Byron
1788 - 1824
HPI: 87.18
Rank: 8
Voltaire
1694 - 1778
HPI: 86.81
Rank: 9
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 - 1875
HPI: 86.61
Rank: 10
Leo Tolstoy
1828 - 1910
HPI: 86.36
Rank: 11
Victor Hugo
1802 - 1885
HPI: 86.20
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 800 BC, Homer ranks 1. After him are Isaiah, Hesiod, Amos, Lycurgus of Sparta, Hezekiah, Hoshea, Esarhaddon, Manasseh of Judah, Achaemenes, Titus Tatius, and Jotham of Judah. Among people deceased in 750 BC, Homer ranks 1. After him is Nicander of Sparta.

Others Born in 800 BC

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Homer
WRITER
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 89.85
Rank: 1
Isaiah
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 79.93
Rank: 2
Hesiod
WRITER
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 3
Amos
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
800 BC - 745 BC
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 4
Lycurgus of Sparta
POLITICIAN
800 BC - 730 BC
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 5
Hezekiah
POLITICIAN
800 BC - 697 BC
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 6
Hoshea
POLITICIAN
800 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 7
Esarhaddon
POLITICIAN
800 BC - 669 BC
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 8
Manasseh of Judah
POLITICIAN
800 BC - 642 BC
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 9
Achaemenes
POLITICIAN
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 10
Titus Tatius
POLITICIAN
800 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 11
Jotham of Judah
POLITICIAN
800 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 750 BC

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Homer
WRITER
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 89.85
Rank: 1
Nicander of Sparta
POLITICIAN
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 2

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Homer ranks 6 out of 1,024. Before him are Aristotle (-384), Plato (-427), Socrates (-470), Alexander the Great (-356), and Pythagoras (-570). After him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Hippocrates (-460), Sophocles (-497), Pericles (-494), Democritus (-460), and Epicurus (-341).

Others born in Greece

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Aristotle
PHILOSOPHER
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 94.42
Rank: 1
Plato
PHILOSOPHER
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 94.10
Rank: 2
Socrates
PHILOSOPHER
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 93.30
Rank: 3
Alexander the Great
MILITARY PERSONNEL
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 92.48
Rank: 4
Pythagoras
PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 91.06
Rank: 5
Homer
WRITER
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 89.85
Rank: 6
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1938
HPI: 88.57
Rank: 7
Hippocrates
PHYSICIAN
460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 87.19
Rank: 8
Sophocles
WRITER
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 86.01
Rank: 9
Pericles
POLITICIAN
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 84.01
Rank: 10
Democritus
PHILOSOPHER
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 84.00
Rank: 11
Epicurus
PHILOSOPHER
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 83.74
Rank: 12