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800 BC
THE ODYSSEY
Homer
translated by Samuel Butler
Homer (~800 BC) - An Ionian Poet. Historians cannot agree where Homer was born,
whether he was blind, whether he wrote both the “Iliad” and the “Odyssey”, or even if
he actually existed. Whatever the case may be, the influence of the two enduring epics
attributed to him is indisputable. The Odyssey (800 BC)An epic poem that centers on
Odysseus’ adventures on the way home from the Trojan War. It is often called the first
novel because of its narrative style. Here translated into prose by Samuel Butler.
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