Homeric "Hymn to Delian Apollo", cited by Thucydides, iii.104, as quoted in Arnold H. L. Heeren's Reflections on the Politics of Ancient Greece, trans. George Bancroft (1824), footnote on p. 119
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A blind man; he dwells on the rocky Chios; and his songs are the first among men.
— Homeric "Hymn
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About Homer
Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος) is best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon.
About Homer
Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος) is best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon.
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