7 rows · While it is unknown if there ever was a man named Homer, there is no doubt that the epic poems /5(4). The stories of the Trojan war and Helen of Troy, Patroclus and Achilles, the Sirens and the Cyclops are embedded in western culture, yet readers often fail to recognise that they were made famous by two epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, and one blind poet: Homer. Alberto Manguel begins his book with the poems' inception in ancient Greece and demonstrates how these poems have reverberated Reviews: “We don’t know anything about Homer,” bluntly declares prolific polymath Manguel (A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader’s Reflections on a Year of Books, , etc.). Nor, it seems, do we know much about the composition of The Iliad and The Odyssey, both attributed to him though it’s evident they were assembled by a person or persons from a variety of oral sources.
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Homers The Iliad and The Odyssey - A Biography (A Book that Shook the World) donyd Homers The Iliad and The Odyssey A Biography (Books That. Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey: A Biography Books that changed the world: Author: Alberto. Alberto Manguel, well-known Argentinian writer and literary critic, was chosen as the commentator on the Iliad and the Odyssey in the Atlantic's excellent 'book biographies' series. He does so with the erudition, the insight, the wit, and the cultural knowledge that he has justly become renowned for.
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