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Homer
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Writing & NarrativeWho is Homer in the Agency editorial?
Homer is the ancient Greek poet to whom the Iliad and the Odyssey are attributed. Issue.27, the edition about the Roman Empire, names him once, in the passage on Roman schooling, as one of the authors that wealthier boys memorised with a grammar teacher.
In short
Homer is the ancient Greek poet to whom the Iliad and the Odyssey are attributed. In the Agency editorial he appears only in Issue.27, the edition about the Roman Empire, in one sentence of the author's text about education. The edition says that from about the age of 11 wealthier boys studied Greek and Latin poetry with a grammaticus, "memorising authors like Vergil and Homer". The edition does not quote or discuss his poems.
Key facts
- Who was Homer?
- The ancient Greek poet to whom the two epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey are attributed.
- Where does the Agency editorial name Homer?
- Only in Issue.27, the edition about the Roman Empire, in one sentence about how grammar teachers taught literature.
- What does Issue.27 say about him?
- That wealthier Roman boys, from about the age of 11, studied Greek and Latin poetry and memorised authors like Vergil and Homer.
Who was Homer?
Homer is the name given to the ancient Greek poet to whom the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two great epic poems of ancient Greece, are attributed. These facts come from outside the edition and are marked for verification.
How does Homer appear in Issue.27?
Issue.27 names him once, in the author's text about Roman schooling. After the elementary teachers, the edition describes the grammar teachers: from about 11, wealthier boys studied Greek and Latin poetry with a grammaticus, "memorising authors like Vergil and Homer". He is named together with Virgil as an example of the authors studied, and nothing more is said about him.
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