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Homer (Homerus)

Homer is the Greek poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Roman students met Troy and Ulysses through him, and Vergil answers him in the Aeneid.

Grades 6–8. Authors and genres.

How it connects

He writes Greek epic. He is a model, not a Roman author.

Latin words that go with this card: carmen, bellum.

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