Homer

Japanese: Homer
Homer

…Years of birth and death unknown. In English, he is called Homer. He was regarded by the ancients as the greatest poet, so much so that the word "poet" immediately refers to him. His two great epics, as the national epics of ancient Greece, had an immeasurable influence on literature, religion, thought, art, and so on.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Homer" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生没年不詳。英語ではホーマーHomerという。彼は古代人によって,たんに〈詩人〉といえばただちに彼を意味するほどの最高の詩人と評価され,その二大叙事詩は,古代ギリシアの国民的叙事詩として,文学はもちろん,宗教,思想,美術等にはかりしれないほど大きな影響を与えた。…

※「Homer」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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