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Did Homer prefer depicting everyday life or historical events?

  • Everyday life

  • Historical events

  • Fantastical scenes

  • Landscape

Answer

Homer was an ancient Greek poet who is widely considered to be the father of Western literature. He is best known for his epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, which tell the stories of the Trojan War and the journey home of Odysseus. Although Homer's poems are set in the distant past, they are filled with vivid descriptions of everyday life in ancient Greece.
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