Homero

High school (ages 12+)
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1. What is the attributed works?The Iliad and the Odyssey
2. What is the estimated composition period?Likely composed in the 8th century BCE, drawing from earlier oral traditions
3. Who was Homero?Homero is thought to be the ancient storyteller who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, famous epic poems about heroes and adventures.
4. Why do people call it the "Homeric Question"?The "Homeric Question" is a debate about whether one person named Homero wrote the poems or if many poets added to them over time.

Homeric Question: The scholarly debate concerning the authorship and origin of the Homeric epics.
Dactylic Hexameter: The rhythmic meter used in epic poetry, consisting of six metrical feet.
Epithet: A descriptive phrase or adjective used to characterize a person or thing, e.g., 'swift-footed Achilles'.
Oral Formulaic Theory: A theory suggesting that epic poems composed in oral tradition rely on formulas and stock phrases.