Odyssey

The Iliad and the Odyssey remain beloved stories around the world for centuries and have been translated into dozens of languages, although little is known about their author. The story of the greatness of the Greek expedition to the East and the unfortunate fates of most of its leaders had spread in Greece from generation to generation in the form of short poems for hundreds of years before the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by Homer. However, Homer did not merely combine those poems; he selected, arranged, added to, and perfected them into a final result with his genius talent.