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When was Homer born and when did he die?
| Homer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Homer c. 750 BC Ionia (Ἰωνία) or Chios (Χίος) |
| Died | Ios, Greece |
| Resting place | Tomb of Homer, Ios |
| Nationality | Greek |
Where did Homer die?
Ios, Greece
Homer/Place of death
Homer is said to have died on the island of Ios and his grave is supposedly located at Plakoto, today considered as a very popular tourist attraction on the island of Ios.
Did Homer really exist?
Was Homer a real person? Scholars are uncertain whether he existed. If real, he is believed to have lived about the 9th or 8th century BCE and was a native of Ionia. A poet in the oral tradition, his works were likely transcribed by others.
750 BC
Homer/Date of birth
Little is known about the life of Homer, the author credited with composing The Iliad and The Odyssey who is arguably the greatest poet of the ancient world. Historians place his birth sometime around 750 BC and conjecture that he was born and resided in or near Chios.
How does Homer die?
Homer dies at 59 by getting shot by police after exiting a food bank with a sandwich where they thought he was robbing it.
Is UTER dead?
Alive
Üter Zörker/Status
When was the Greek poet Homer born and when did he die?
The Greek poet Homer was born sometime between the 12th and 8th centuries BC, possibly somewhere on the coast of Asia Minor.
How old was Homer when the war of Troy happened?
Herodotus, the ancient historian, who lived from 484 BC to 425 BC, placed Homer’s year of birth four centuries before his own, making it around 850 BC. Then again, some modern scholars believe that Homer lived in the twelfth century B.C. when the War of Troy actually took place.
When did Homer live in the twelfth century?
However, it is certain that Homer lived sometime between the twelfth and eighth century BC. It is to be remembered that this was the period when the people of Ancient Greece did not have any script, having lost the Mycenaean scripts, but not yet acquiring the Phoenician alphabets.
How old was Homer when Herodotus placed him?
But others believe the poetic style of his work indicates a much later period. Greek historian Herodotus (c. 484–425 BC), often called the father of history, placed Homer several centuries before himself, around 850 BC. Part of the problem is that Homer lived before a chronological dating system was in place.