https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb After accessing at least one historical site with information on Homer the poet, post several pieces of information you thought was important and/or interesting. en-us 2017-09-07 17:57:26 UTC 2017-09-20 23:34:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/186371006 Three facts about Homer:
1. Homer was the founding poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
2. Homer recited his poems from memory, and the poems were passed down from word of mouth.
3. It is said that Homer is blind and has curly hair.]]> 2017-09-11 13:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/186371006 https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/187368584 1. The dialect Homer used and the way he described the setting of the stories hints at the time period and the place Homer lived in, but neither his birthplace nor his birth date can be identified because no one knows if Homer existed in the first place. 
For example, the dialect of The Iliad and The Odyssey are considered Asiatic Greek, specifically Ionic, meaning 
Homer could have been bron in Ionia.

2. Guesses at his birth date range from 750 BC all the way back to 1200 BC. The guess of 1200 BC was bench marked around the time of the Trojan war, which was the subject of The Iliad. However, Homer's poetic style and dialect indicated a much later time period of 750 BC.
 
3. Homer's identity was mostly derived from his stories. Demodokos was one of the characters in Homer's stories. Demodokos was a blind poet/minstrel who brought music to gatherings and told epic tales similar to Homer who was considered more of a singer of ballads that he may or may not have composed himself than a poet. Because of Demodokos, Homer was thought to be blind by most people.

4. It is thought that Homer only took stories passed down orally from different groups of people and recited one story
from a combination of the ones he heard.

5. If Homer was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, he has had a great influence on the basis of Greek education and culture through the Classical age to the time of the Roman empire and the spread of Christianity. 

(Knowledge from last year) One of the values depicted in the Odyssey was bringing gifts when visiting the homes of others.

6. The number of epithets used to describe a major god, hero, or other object was based solely on the rhytmic context of the poem or how much space Homer wanted to dedicate his hexameter (six foot) verse to it. 

This means that Homer had no 
altnerative meaning in adding more specification or detail about a subject. ]]> 2017-09-13 21:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/187368584 https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/187793640 1. Not much is known about Homer, however, some scholars believe he was born sometime from 750 BC to 1200 BC. 
2. Many of Homer's aspects mainly came from his poems. But, the statues that have been carved of him have curly hair and sightless eyes. 
3. Homer used in his stories many figurative languages like similes and metaphors. Also, he used a structuring device called in media res which means to start in the middle and then fill in the rest of the information from there. ]]> 2017-09-15 01:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/187793640 https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/188157639 1.  Homer was blind, based on a character in The Odyssey, a blind poet/minstrel called Demodokos. 
2.  Homer's two epic poems became archetypal road maps in world mythology. 
3. He is one of the most influential authors in the widest sense, for the two poems he wrote that showed the basis of Greek education and culture throughout the Classical age.]]> 2017-09-16 15:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/188157639 https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/188239858 1. No one knows the actual location and date of when and where Homer was born.
2. Homer's style of writing was to write "in medias res," where you start in the middle of the story, and fill in the missing gaps.
3. Homer is thought to have a personal connection/experience with Troy because the mapping of Troy in his stories is geographically accurate.]]> 2017-09-17 16:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/188239858 https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/188288019 1. The exact location of Homer's birth cannot be determined. However, scholars believe he was from Ionia because the dialect he used in The Illiad and The Odyssey were written in Asiatic Greek, specifically Ionic.
2. Homer's two epic poems have become somewhat road maps to the world of mythology. 
3. Homer provided not only planted seeds but grew the arts and sciences that make up the majority of the Western culture. ]]> 2017-09-18 00:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/188288019 https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/189129017 1. The exact date and location of Homer's birth hasn't been determined. 
2. Homer wrote " in medias res" which means her starts in the middle of the story and the fills in the gaps and missing using remembrances.  
3. Homer's two epic poems have become archetypal road maps in world mythology. ]]> 2017-09-20 00:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/189129017 https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/189552766 1. Some scholars think Homer was one man and others believe he was a group of people.
2. Nobody is sure exactly where Homer was born, but scholars have guessed it is somewhere around 750 BC or around 1200 BC.
3. The two epics (the Odyssey and the Iliad) that Homer wrote were the basis for Greek education and culture.]]> 2017-09-20 21:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mrsbtwebb/s5naymvvcthb/wish/189552766