about the authorNearly thirty-two hundied years ago， long before the Greeks ever had a written language， Homer lived and told his stories. Hc was a bard-a wandering poet who kept his country's great legends alive by rcciting them over and over.Most people believe that Homer was blind. Perhaps he was able to compose and remember all his poems bccause he could see nothing to distract him from his thoughts. When he arrived at a village， or at the home of a wcalthy man， all work stopped. A great feast was held， and everyone sat around afterward to listen to Homer's stories. The men and womcn， gods and god- desses he spoke about were part of Greece's legcndary history. In their own way， his stories becamc one of the things that held this nation of dty-states together.Although Homer must have composed many poems during his hfetime， he is best known for the lliad， his story of the Trojan War， and the Odyssey， the story of the wanderings of the hero Odysseus. Together， these two books are counted among the finest works ever comp.osed bv man.
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