https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh Based on the readings we have done today, tell me if you think Homer is real. Make sure to explain why. en-us 2020-04-12 02:42:10 UTC 2021-05-24 23:58:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545249217 Based on the reading I believe Homer is not real. I believe he is not real because there is no authentic record of Homer's life. Although people have made traditions about him there is no exact date or certain facts of when he was born.]]> 2021-05-20 18:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545249217 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545256494 I think Homer is not real because no one can prove his existence and there isn't no authentic record of Homer's life. ]]> 2021-05-20 18:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545256494 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545274607 I think Homer is not real because there has been many speculations about other people writing these two epic poems and there is no proof of it being Homer. There is no authentic record so for all we know he can just be a myth.]]> 2021-05-20 19:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545274607 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545290460 I think Homer is real as though there may not be evidence for his existence many believe that he is a oral poet rather than one writes because he is blind. Another fact that supports his existence is that many believe that he existed between 850 and 750 B.C. They don' t think he also lived to long as writing was being reintroduced again around that time which means that most poems were probably done orally. This also supports that the fact that he composed his poems orally as writing was being reintroduced and there are details that further support the idea that they were composed orally. ]]> 2021-05-20 19:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545290460 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545295593 I don't think Homer is real because there isn't any real evidence of him ever existing besides his two stories. we don't know when he was alive or where resided so it's more likely that he never existed since there's so little evidence of him being real.]]> 2021-05-20 19:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545295593 3838112 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545387140 I believe Homer was a real person. Although there are no records of him, that does not mean that he didn’t exist. The parts of his life that historians have been able to infer about make sense, and fit in with the way his poems were written. People say that since the Iliad was written differently than the Odyssey, it must have been two different poets who wrote them. But I think that perhaps it was the same person: Homer. Just because someone’s writings are different, that does not mean that they didn’t write it. No one has been able to prove that Homer didn’t write the poems, so, I think he was real.]]> 2021-05-20 19:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545387140 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545437214 Based on the reading I believe homer is not real their is no evidence suggesting he lived and their are also no records of a homer. Also poet's speculate that both poems that were credited to him are written by two different poets. ]]> 2021-05-20 19:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545437214 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545578861 I think Homer is real because of the fact that he's mentioned. If he weren't real, why would we be mentioning him in the first place? Also, we are given a decent amount of information about him. We "know" he was born in Ionia in western Asia Minor and that he was blind. If he wasn't a real person, I don't think we would know this information. Plus, if the people made it a tradition, then he has to be real. However, it could be possible that Homer wasn't a real person, BUT is a tribute to an actual poet that lived during those times.]]> 2021-05-20 20:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545578861 375270 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545590247 I believe that Homer could be real. However, there may be facts that can be exaggerated over time. Based on the reading there is no evidence explaining if he lived or not. But why would people talk about him and the stories that he had composed if he didn't live? I believe one possible reason why there is no evidence is because he was a blind man who orally composed his stories instead of writing them. In the end, nobody was able to give evidence that he didn't write the poems so he could be real. In the end, what really matters is that we are able to read the epic poems "Iliad and Odyssey." ]]> 2021-05-20 20:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545590247 3758331 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545591735 I think that Homer may have been a real person. Although there is not a lot of evidence that of homer existing, people were able to find out where he could have been born and if he was blind or not. People were also able to find out how Homer could have looked liked. ]]> 2021-05-20 20:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545591735 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545592462 I think Homer is not real because there is no proven fact that he truly exists. Although there have been rumors or people saying that Homer is real.]]> 2021-05-20 20:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545592462 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545603868 I believe that Homer is not necessarily a real person. They don't have records of him, but who would be keeping track of him? He could've have been someone who heard the stories elsewhere and spread them around under his name, we see how different the 2 pieces of work is, hinting at 2 different folks. Perhaps he heard it and added his own little style to it as well, but he must have been a real person just spreading the word around. ]]> 2021-05-20 20:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545603868 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545608242 I believe that Homer does not exist and has never did. Since the text states that Homer did not have an authentic record for his existence. "No one can prove his existence with any certainty, for no authentic record of Homer's life exists." The text also states that the two epics that Homer supposedly wrote seemed to have been written in different styles. Almost as if Homer didn't write those epics, but rather two different poets did.]]> 2021-05-20 20:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545608242 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545609995 I believe that Homer didn't exist. My main reason for believing this is that we have no proof of his existence and we can't really come to a conclusion without having something to go based off of.]]> 2021-05-20 20:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545609995 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545611095 I believe Homer did not exist. There is no solid evidence to prove his existence. We don't even know his date of birth. Homer could've been multiple people. The two epic poems written by him are severely different. They could've been written by two other poets.  ]]> 2021-05-20 20:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545611095 376590 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545644602 Based on the reading, I do not think that Homer had existed because we don't have any solid evidence to prove that he ever existed. If there are no records of him then we don't know for sure where he was born or when he was born. We also have no proof for sure that Homer was the one who wrote these poems either. ]]> 2021-05-20 21:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545644602 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545703416 Based on what already been said there wouldn't be a sufficient amount of evidence to prove if he is real or not. The lack of information would lead me to believe that he is not real.]]> 2021-05-20 21:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545703416 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545707781 I don't think Homer was real, we have no solid evidence or proof of his existence. We don't know his date of birth, or place of birth. People think the two epic poems were written by two other people as they were different in style. ]]> 2021-05-20 21:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545707781 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545724215 I do not think Homer is fake because there isn't enough information to convince he is real.]]> 2021-05-20 21:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545724215 4124381 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545751995 Based on what I've read on page 556, I don't think that Homer is a real person since people are uncertain to prove his existence and there is no actual record of Homer that can prove that he existed. He might have been a figment to the people at that period of time.]]> 2021-05-20 21:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545751995 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545763288 I believe that Homer was not real, the only evidence we have of him existing were his stories but besides that there is no evidence that points to him being a real person. Then there is the fact we don´t know when he was alive or when he past and where he remains.]]> 2021-05-20 22:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545763288 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545767041 I believe that Homer doesn't exist because after reading the text their is no information that proves to us he existed or he exists. Normally when someone is real they provide us with realistic information. But Homer could've easily been made up.]]> 2021-05-20 22:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545767041 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545769798 I believe that Homer does not exist because there are no records of him. Other important literary writers from ancient times have records about them, even if very little, but there is nothing about Homer's life. Two of his texts, the Odyssey and the Iliad have very different styles, and usually one writer has a singular style, even if writing in different genres. His life, such as his birthplace, is nothing but rumors passed down to give someone credit for these writings. Homer writing those two poems and his life stories aren't certain, which convinces me that he doesn't exist.]]> 2021-05-20 22:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545769798 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545802144 I believe that Homer didn't exist. My reasoning for it is because there is no evidence supporting that he did live. We can't draw conclusions about someone's existence without the facts.]]> 2021-05-20 22:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545802144 417173 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545834598 I think that Homer is not real. I think this because there really is no evidence other than the poems that he was a real person. If he was real they may have provided more descriptions or more information but they didn't. Also the fact poems were distributed orally could affect the original story. True history has almost always lost its true message over time like a game of telephone so it would be highly if homer was actually real. ]]> 2021-05-20 22:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545834598 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545857097 I believe that Homer did not exist because there are no records on him that prove otherwise. Many writers usually have information about them and records of what they have written and what there life was like. Someone could have easily made him up plus both texts that were written were not the same style which could prove that it was written by different people since most writers usually have a specific style of writing.]]> 2021-05-20 23:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545857097 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545904963 Based on the reading I believe Homer didn't exist as there is no evidence to prove he was an actual person who wrote these poems. As stated in the text the Iliad and the Odyssey have different writing styles, showing how those poems could have been written by two different authors. It is possible that Homer could've changed his writing during his lifetime but as there is no solid proof to prove his existence it is safer to say Homer didn't exist. ]]> 2021-05-20 23:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545904963 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545912299 I believe that Homer did not exists because the text says that no one can prove his existence with any certainty , and if Homer would to exists there would have to more information about him there would also have to be some records of him and his writtings.]]> 2021-05-20 23:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1545912299 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546042657 I suspect that Homer did not actually exist during any lifetime because there are no actual records that prove his existence. If he was real someone must have some actual proof that he was alive or there had to be little known facts about him but there isn't there are only rumors. It is believed that he was the who wrote the poems but there is no actual proof that he did because both poems hold two different styles.]]> 2021-05-21 00:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546042657 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546067885 I believe that Homer isn't real because  there isn't any evidence that can prove that he was real. The two epics, which he is credited for, are both written in two completely different styles. For this reason, it is possible that the two epics were composed by two different poets. He was also blind, meaning he couldn't have written all of that by himself. For these reason, this is why I believe he wasn't real]]> 2021-05-21 00:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546067885 3761551 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546142266 I believe Homer did not exist because there is no actual evidence of his existence. Although it is believed that he was alive between 850 and 750 B.C. there is no record of him. The two poems also have different writing styles which can lead me to infer that it was written by two different people. ]]> 2021-05-21 01:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546142266 3969071 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546145998 I don't think he had actually existed due to there being no evidence that he was actually real. Both pieces also had different writing styles which is kind of strange. There's just not proof that he actually existed. He could have existed but there's just no evidence.]]> 2021-05-21 01:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546145998 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546240871 I believe that Homer doesn't not exist because there is no record of his existence. There were rumors about Homer, but none of the rumors were claimed to be true. Both pieces of the epics have different writing styles and might have been written by two completely different poets. In both pieces, there is no explanation of his existence. ]]> 2021-05-21 01:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546240871 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546306604 I don't think that Homer actually existed. The reason I believe this is because there is no evidence proving that he was real, also in the two poems the lliad and Odyssey the two writing styles are different which can be used to indicate that they might not have been written by the same author.]]> 2021-05-21 02:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546306604 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546381509  I believe that Homer didn’t exist. The reason why I think Homer didn’t exist is because there is no reliable evidence that would prove his existence. Another reason why I think Homer didn’t exist is due to the two poems titled Iliad and Odyssey are written in different styles which suggest the two pieces were written by two different people not one. 

]]> 2021-05-21 02:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546381509 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546444427 I believe that Homer isn't real.  The reason that I do not believe that Homer is real is because there is no authentic record that he ever existed. there is not even a certain date of his birth and we do not even know where he was born. Another reason why I do not think he exists is because the two epic poems that he supposedly wrote differ in style.]]> 2021-05-21 02:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546444427 3767411 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546458860 I think that Homer did exist and he did make the Odyssey and the Iliad. Homer was rumored to be blind and that is why he would share them orally with others. I think that this explains why the Odyssey and the Iliad are both different, nothing that has been told over and over again will remain the same throughout. If Homer told them verbally then there is no way that the audience would remember them word by word. As they are being retold someone might replace or take away some parts of the story. This is the reason why I believe that Homer really existed. ]]> 2021-05-21 03:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546458860 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546503613 I think Homer wasn’t a real person because there’s no evidence that he was real. Everything is just guessing and it could be a “possibly.” No one knows the truth really. ]]> 2021-05-21 03:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546503613 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546517906 I think Homer is real but they're not the person that we think they are. Since there is no proof of his existence we can't be sure of anything. But his poems are said to be passed down orally which means that people could have changed his name and the poem a little. As time has passed every aspect of the poems and who he was can have been changed leaving little of the original details. This is also probably why we can't find proof they existed because their name was never Homer.]]> 2021-05-21 03:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546517906 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546524210 I believe that Homer isn't a real person because they couldn't prove his existence or had any record of it. If he really was a real person they would've reintroduced writing to the greek culture. Another reason is that the two writings, the Iliad and the Odyssey, were written differently. Iliad was a single long, highly dramatic narrative while the Odyssey was an episodic and adventure novel. This caused people to think that they were actually written by two different poets. ]]> 2021-05-21 03:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546524210 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546586200 I believe Homer never existed because there is no evidence of him being alive other than claims of the epic poems.]]> 2021-05-21 04:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546586200 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546629595 I think Homer is not a real person because although we may know some stuff about him, the book states that it is a tradition. If it's just a tradition, and not real facts, then that proves that Homer isn't real. Also, if he was a well known poet/writer, there should have been a well written biography about him, but there isn't, also proving he wasn't a real person. Although he is the author of many poems such as the odyssey, we can't 100% prove he was a real person as there isn't enough information about him. A possible theory could be that someone else wrote the Odyssey, but since people didn't know that person that well, they may have given him a nickname, Homer.]]> 2021-05-21 04:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546629595 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546638506 I believe that Homer was not real because of how there was no one that was able to prove that he existed. Also, there were no given evidence or any records to his existence.]]> 2021-05-21 04:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546638506 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546671014 I believe that Homer was not a real person. I believe this because as the book stated, "No one can prove his existence with any certainty... no authentic record of Homer's life exist." I'd also like to point out that the two epics are very different because of their styles that they are written in, it can possible that he wanted to try something new, but who knows. ]]> 2021-05-21 04:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546671014 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546729401 I don't believe Homer exists because of the lack of information about him if he is the author and because poem was passed down throughout time orally, not giving us a reliable source.]]> 2021-05-21 05:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546729401 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546765514 I believe Homer was not a real person because there's no record that proved his existence. There isn't much information about him and the information we do have could be fake. There is no reliable information to prove he was real. Someone could have made him up and create stories about him and pass them down. ]]> 2021-05-21 05:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546765514 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546788522 I believe Homer isn't real because there is no proof of his existence. Both the lliad and the Odyssey were written in different styles. So, this could mean that Homer didn't actually write these epics. ]]> 2021-05-21 06:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546788522 3948241 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546788680 I believe that the was not real because there was information that was provided about him that can explain that he existed. ]]> 2021-05-21 06:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546788680 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546811185 I think Homer is not real because there really isn't like any record or information of his life time or that he really existed during the 850 and 750 B.C. Also, because the two poems Iliad and Odyssey were written in different styles and released in different years. So, which sort of prove that there's a chance Homer isn't real sense he could've either wrote one of them or neither of them. ]]> 2021-05-21 06:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546811185 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546916197 I believe Homer never existed because there is no real evidence proving that he was.]]> 2021-05-21 07:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1546916197 3776461 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1549154970 i believe that homer is not real because even with the proof that he exists it couldve easily been faked and there isnt much information that we have let alone real information.]]> 2021-05-21 20:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1549154970 4032732 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1555447907 I don't believe Homer was a real person due to the fact that there is no actual evidence that he was.]]> 2021-05-24 21:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1555447907 https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1555632211 I don't believe Homer existed, because there is no authentic record of his existence.]]> 2021-05-24 23:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sheabranca/mqbzxj3edipna1yh/wish/1555632211