Imisebenzi ye Homer zaye zadityaniswa, zalingiswa, zikhankanywa zizo zonke iimbongi zamaGrike, izithandi zobulumko kunye namagcisa, yeyona mbongi inkulu kuncwadi lwamandulo.
I-biografi yakhe ibonakala ijikelezwe ziimfihlakalo, iimpikiswano, kungenzeka ukuba wayephila phakathi kwenkulungwane ye-XNUMX neye-XNUMX BC, nangona abanye bebuthandabuza ubukho bayo. Izixeko ezisixhenxe ziyaphikisana nokuzalwa kwakhe ziiColophon, iCumas, iPylos, Ithaca, Argos, Athene, Smyrna. Iingxaki uHomer aqala ukuzibeka zazivela ngenkulungwane yeshumi elinesixhenxe ngaphambi kweXesha Eliqhelekileyo, kwaye zaziyiklasikhi, kuye kwathiwa imisebenzi yakhe emibini emikhulu I-Iliad kunye ne-Odyssey, yayiziimveliso zokudityaniswa kwemibongo yangaphambili, eya kuchaza ukungqubana okufumaneka kuzo. Abanye bathi kuye wayengumdali okanye imbongi yangaphambi kwexesha, owenza iingxelo zomlomo ezazisasazeka eGrisi, kangangeenkulungwane ezininzi. Kwimibongo ungabona isandla sombongi omnye onika ubunye kwimibongo. I-Iliad ineevesi ezili-15.690, kwaye iOdyssey iphantse ibe li-12.000. Iimfama zazinikezelwe kurhwebo lwe-aedo, inokuba yinzalelwane yaseSmirna, indawo apho kuthethwa khona i-Aeolian kunye ne-Ionic dialectics, eza kuchaza ulwimi Homer.
Intsomi ithi igama lakhe laliya kuba nguMelesigenes, kuba wazalelwa kwiminyhadala yaseMeles yokuwonga umlambo iMeles eSmirna, unyana kaKrete, owayeya kuhlala kwinkulungwane ye-XNUMX BC.njengezidlo, ethandwa kakhulu kwaye ethandwa, kolunye lolo hambo wahlaselwa yi-ophthalmia eyamshiya eyimfama, ukusuka apho wabizwa Homer lowo ungaboniyo.
Endlwini yomhlobo wakhe uCreófilo, wathi akubona ukufa kusondela kuye, wabhala eyakhe i-epitaph ethi “Apha umhlaba ugubungele umntu ozinikeleyo, ecinga ngamagorha, Homer".