It was Homer. He is
regarded as the first and greatest epic poet. The Iliad tells about the siege
of Troy by Greeks in an effort to get Helen back to Menelaus. The Odyssey is
about the struggles of the Greek hero Odysseus and the many trials he had
endured to get back to him in Ithaca while his wife Penelope fends off the
suitors who took residents in her house to win her hand in marriage. To this
day both poems are still being studied in schools and universities as well as
been the subjects of films over the years are proof of Homer’s talents for
creating such masterpieces of literature.
