Who was Homer? (7) by Mrs. Hood https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7 Why was he important in history? en-us 2019-03-28 19:14:54 UTC 2019-04-01 21:03:58 UTC hello@padlet.com No one knows who Homer was for sure. Some people think he was a legend while others think he was a minstrel or singer from the island of Chios 5478935_1 https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347380526 2019-04-01 20:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347380526 Homer was important because even is some people don't believe the existence of Homer we should at least see him as a model for a class of wandering bards or minstrels later called rhapsodes, Rhapsodes or “singers of tales,” were the historians and entertainers as well as the mythmakers of their time 546629 https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347380817 (answer to essential question)]]> 2019-04-01 20:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347380817 Since the Greeks didn't have anything like thing like the Bible people known as Minstrels traveled around communities and told stories of heroes and Gods instead. Some of those stories were Homers. 5478935_1 https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347381731 2019-04-01 20:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347381731 "there was probably no written history in Homer’s day. The people in Homer’s day saw no conflict among religion, history, and good fun. " 5452241 https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347381904 2019-04-01 20:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347381904 "Some scholars feel there must have been two Homers; some think he was just a legend. But scholars have also argued about whether a man called Shakespeare ever existed. " 5452241 https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347382924 2019-04-01 20:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347382924 Greeks believed Homer was blind 546629 https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347383679 2019-04-01 20:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347383679 545006 https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347383903 It was almost as if homer was to good to be true so people thought he wasn't real ]]> 2019-04-01 20:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/beachood/whowashomer7/wish/347383903