Who was Homer?/Iliad/Odyssey/Homeric Questions/Homer's Mystery

Hey guys today's topic of the video is going to be about an important topic in literature which is Homer. In this video we will be discussing the introduction, the mystery, the life, the Homeric question, proof about Homer, works of Homer's, influence of Homer on upcoming writers, on the writers after him and similarities between Homer and Virgil. But before starting I will suggest you to subscribe to my channel so that you can get all the literature related videos. Also follow me on Instagram so that you can get all the literary updates from there. So starting with the introduction and the mystery of Homer. Homer was a Greek poet. He was first the first who wrote epic stories the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was a very important writer who helped shaping western culture. Homer is a mystery. There are many speculations about him and his existence. Because some scholars say that he was a blind court poet, some says that Homer is a group of writer who wrote Iliad and Odyssey and some says that he is a poet who combined the writer the written stories of Iliad and the Odyssey. However Homer is an enigma in the history of literatures. So Homer is such a great writer and is famous for his writing of the Troy which is in his Odyssey. So moving towards the life of Homer. What is Homeric question? The doubt and consequent debate about the identity of Homer, the authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey and their historicity. The subject has its roots in classical antiquity and the scholarship of the Hellenistic period but has flourishing among Homeric scholars of the 19th and 20th century. The main questions including the Homeric questions are who is Homer? Where the Iliad and the Odyssey is written by a singular poet or multiple poet? How old were the oldest elements in the Homeric poetry which can be dated with certainty? So these are the Homeric questions which we come across whenever we are studying, whenever we come across the writings, the works of Homer. Going towards the proofs about Homer, we only have a few historical proofs and they are almost legendary. The origin of the name could be two. First is that he was a blind person and according to Aristotle, he was a hostage. So there are seven possible birthplaces. Samarna, Geo, Colophon, Aethica, Phylum, Pelum, Argo, Aethete. Going towards the important works of Homer, Iliad and Odyssey are the most famous works of Homer. Going towards the influences which has Homer casted on the writers came after him. So he is one of the greatest literary artists in the world and through these poems he effected western standards and ideas. The content and ideas and the style of his epic Iliad and Odyssey formed the basis of Greek education in the classical age and influenced the course of western literature for centuries to come. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are the greatest works ever composed and influenced writers of all ages for the beauty and power of their imaginary, for their characteristic development, for the universality of their themes and for their extraordinary stories. Homer was the world's first great writer and a model for other writers to imitate. Iliad and Odyssey are categorized as epic poems, long narrative works that are highly formal and elevated in tones but easy to comprehend. Some translators present these epics in prose making them read like novels. His epic contributed in shape Greek culture and that's the reason he is regarded as a teacher of Greece. How much Homer's work and his social speeches and his persuasive language influenced ancient and medieval Greek highly. George Louis Burgess says that I mention mostly English names because English writers have always gravitated towards the epics of the sea and their many versions of the Odyssey would be enough to illustrate the history of their literature. Going towards the similarities between the Homer and Virgil, there are many similarities between Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid. Virgil is also a writer who has written in Aeneid. His book is Aeneid. So, Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid are called two similar works and it creates problems for many people. Because both the epic stories are containing the tragic war in the war, heroes in both epics are delayed in the war due to some hurdles. Heroes in both stories are brought into contact with some Greek or Roman gods. Both epics involve older Greek myths that the authors changed to fit the stories. There is a final war at the end of both stories. So, that's the difference between the both works. I will also be posting a brief introduction and the detail of Odyssey, Aeneid and Aeneid in this channel. So, make sure that you are subscribed to my channel to get all the literary updates and follow me on Instagram so you can get all the literary updates from there. And thank you.