Iwo mabasa e Homer vaive uye vakabvunzwa, kuteedzerwa, kudomwa nevadetembi vese vechiGiriki, vazivi uye maartist, ndiye nyanduri mukurusa wezvinyorwa zvekare.
Hupenyu hwake hunoratidzika kunge hwakakomberedzwa nezvakavanzika, zvinopesana, anogona kunge akararama pakati pezana ramakore rechiXNUMX nerechiXNUMX BC, kunyange vamwe vachitopokana nekuvapo kwaro. Maguta manomwe anopokana nekuzvarwa kwake iwo Colophon, Cumas, Pylos, Ithaca, Argos, Atene, Smyrna. Matambudziko ayo Homer anotanga kuunza aivapo kubva muzana ramakore regumi nemanomwe BC, uye akaita yechinyakare, zvakanziwo mabasa ake maviri makuru iyo Iliad uye iyo Odyssey, zvaive zvigadzirwa zvekuunganidzwa kwenhetembo dzakapfuura, izvo zvaizotsanangura kupokana kunowanikwa mazviri. Vamwe vanoti kwaari anga ari musiki kana nyanduri wepamberi, akaumba nhoroondo dzemumuromo dzaitenderera muGirisi kwemazana emakore. Mune nhetembo unogona kuona ruoko rwenyanduri mumwe chete uyo anopa kubatana kunhetembo. Iyo Iliad ine ndima 15.690, uye Odyssey inoda kusvika gumi nemaviri. Mapofu akatsaurirwa kutengeserana kweedo, inogona kunge iri yekuSmirna, nzvimbo inotaurwa mitauro yeAeolian neIonic, iyo yaizotsanangura mutauro we Homer.
Ngano inoti zita rake raizonzi Melesigenes, nekuti akazvarwa mumitambo yeMeles mukuremekedza Rwizi rweMeles muSmirna, mwanakomana waKrete, uyo angadai akararama muzana ramakore rechiXNUMX BC.Zvinofungidzirwa kuti akafamba nzvimbo dzakasiyana achiimba mavhesi ake, vese kumabiko semabiko, achive anofarirwa zvikuru uye anodikanwa, mune imwe yenzendo idzodzo akarwiswa ne ophthalmia yakamusiya ari bofu, kubva ipapo akadaidzwa Homer uyo asingaoni.
Kumba kweshamwari yake Creófilo, aive iye paakaona kuti rufu rwuri kumusvikira, akanyora epitaph yake "Pano pasi pakafukidza munhu akazvitsaurira, achifungisisa magamba, iye mwari Homer".