The Odyssey Research Paper

In class we have gone over certain pieces of literature of vast cultural meaning for a person, such as Homer's works, and the question is, do I think that there is any work of literature that has that same meaning for society today? No, I do not think that there is any work of literature that has the same meaning. When one thinks of "Homer", one automatically refers to the author of the earliest epic poems such as, Trojan War, Iliad and The Odyssey, which almost every pupil has learned or read one if not all three of these stories. As a child I learned about Homer in Middle School and it continued all the way up to College. As a high school student we would have to memorize parts of these poems and then recite them to the class. Since we learned about him through all these years, then that

Numerous individuals don't realize how much Homer's works have affected the world today. I believe that no one had the same cultural meaning as Homer because; his epic poems can still be considered significant for our society as a whole. Homer wrote during the time that the Greeks were developing their society. Homer is ultimately the greatest poet of prehistoric times. The language and imagery in his poems show how well thought out each poem was. There is not much historical evidence of Homer’s personal life so; consequently, one would think these poems are used to portray his character and life. I personally think this is one of the reasons why his works are so phenomenal because Homer is a mystery; no one really knows or understands who he was. Homer is incredibly significant to Greek culture, he provided a mutual set of morals that preserved the Greeks' personal values for themselves. Through Homers writings, he has taught and expressed the Greeks lifestyle. Greeks took Homer's writings as a guideline on how they lived their lives. The amount of inspiration that Homer has given to society is nothing but unquestionable