Homer

Homer is a legendary blind poet of ancient Greece, traditionally regarded as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Together known as the Homeric epics, the two works take grand warfare and seafaring wanderings as their subjects, portray a host of heroic figures, and are written in a concise style rich in simile, making them foundational works of Western literature. Public information about his life is limited, and his birthplace, dates, and even whether he actually existed are disputed; modern scholarship generally holds that the epics grew out of a long oral tradition and were later organized and fixed under Homer's name. The library holds 41 of his works, commonly classified under foreign literature, literature, and ancient poetry.