Homer: Quick Facts


Facts

Flourished c.900 BCE - c.701 BCE
Notable Works “Iliad” • “Odyssey”

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Ancient Roman mosaic showing the poet Virgil seated and writing, flanked by the muses Clio and Melpomene, displayed in a decorative border.
Virgil
Roman poet
Hesiod
Hesiod
Greek poet
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Mimnermus
Greek poet
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Antimachus of Colophon
Greek poet and scholar
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Nonnus
Greek poet
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Quintus Smyrnaeus
Greek poet
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Choerilus
Greek epic poet
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Rhianus
Greek poet and scholar
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Panyassis
epic poet
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Ion of Chios
Greek poet
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English author
Engraved portrait of John Milton by Jacob Houbraken, showing Milton with shoulder-length hair, a lace collar, and period clothing, facing forward in an oval frame.
John Milton
English poet, pamphleteer, and historian
Horace, bronze medal, 4th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Horace
Roman poet
Euripides
Euripides
Greek dramatist
Sophocles
Sophocles
Greek dramatist
Portrait of poet Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
English author
Hear a reading of ancient Greek poet Pindar's first Olympic ode, commissioned by Sicilian prince Hiero
Pindar
Greek poet