It’s been difficult to attribute other works to Homer accurately, and most of what’s known about his life comes from legend.
Historians believe Homer’s poems were handed down orally, and they were told to teach lessons about Greek heroism and honor. It’s been difficult to attribute other works to Homer accurately, and most of what’s known about his life comes from legend. Scholars have studied him since antiquity, and many treat his poems as allegories. Some modern scholars claim the same person did not write his most famous works, though that hasn’t been proven. You can read Homer’s work in the books The Iliad and The Odyssey, available from publisher Penguin Random House.