Who is Homer?

There is a great debate over the identity of Homer and who he actually is. Homer was a Greek Poet and lived around 700 BC, in the Archaic period. people said he was blind, but poets were often said to be blind because people thought that being blind helps the poet "see" things other people can't. However nobody knows for sure if he was really blind or not.

Homer's work influenced the shaping of Greek culture and he became known as the teacher of Greece. His speaking and writing were used throughout the ancient and medieval Greek worlds.  

One of the main debates over Homers identity is the "Homeric Question"which questions his authorship on his two epics. Many people find it hard to believe that one man could compose two epics of that size in one lifetime. Critics also argued that the styles of both Homers pieces differed,but literates explained that Homer must have wrote the Odyssey and The Iliad at different stages of his life. We will never know for certain the truth behind Homers identity and work.