Distant Education College,Jilin University Background Knowledge 2.Homer [5hEumE]:Tradition tells us that Homer was an ancient Greek poet in what is now the western coast of Turkey.His two epic poems,the Iliad and the Odyssey,are considered the greatest works of art of ancient Greece and among the greatest treasures of Western literature.Almost nothing is known about Homer,but his poems suggest that he lived in the last half of the 8th century BC. Some scholars even deny that "Homer"ever existed. Return Background Knowledge Distant Education College, Jilin University 2. Homer [5hEumE] : Tradition tells us that Homer was an ancient Greek poet in what is now the western coast of Turkey. His two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are considered the greatest works of art of ancient Greece and among the greatest treasures of Western literature. Almost nothing is known about Homer, but his poems suggest that he lived in the last half of the 8th century BC. Some scholars even deny that “Homer” ever existed. Return