Homer, a blind poet in ancient Greece. The date of birth and death cannot be tested. According to legend, the ancient Greek epics Iliad and Odyssey were written by him based on short folk songs. Therefore, he lived between 10 BC and the 8th century. At present, there is no definite evidence to prove Homer's existence or non-existence, so some people think that he is a constructed figure in legend. As for Homer's epic, most scholars think it is the crystallization of poems that have been passed down orally for centuries at that time.

Homer's epic tells the story of Greece's attack on Troy in BC 12 and after the war. The formation and recording of epic almost experienced the whole process of slavery. After the Trojan War, many short songs praising war heroes appeared in Asia Minor. In the process of communication, these short songs are integrated with the stories of gods, which enhances the mythical color of war heroes. After finishing by Homer, it gradually became a grand war legend in the 8th and 7th centuries BC, and it was not officially recorded in words until the 6th century BC. In the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, it was edited by Alexandria scholars, with 24 volumes in each part. The formation of this book has gone through several centuries, and it is a mixture of historical factors of various eras, which can be regarded as the national creation of the ancient Greeks.