Homer

Homer (/ˈhoʊmər/; Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros; Ba hwa ba yin ku byin an cei sencori a̱mba a̱nunai 8 BCE). A̱ yin yet a̱kukkwo a̱ntyok wwang a̱bvom a̱tushuk wap Greek u̱ ba yin ku bvwo bu̱ npfwong a̱kpa Iliad bu̱ Odyssey ni, npfwong nhwa na̱ yin tyyi ka̱tsan npfwong yya jang wap Greek a ni. Bu̱ wui ssha bvwo du̱ nu a̱ mi a̱ yin byyi pfwong a, Homer a̱ mi ba na̱ hywa a̱ yet a̱kunkrang a̱ntyok du̱jem u̱ a̱ yin tyyi ba̱nyet du̱dang npfwong du̱jem ni. [1] Ka̱kpri Iliad ka a̱ yin dyaat a̱ntazwa nzwang ji yin sshi a̱katyi A̱gwam Agamemnon bu̱ A̱gwam nzwang Achilles a̱ngbom du̱ryya nzwang Trojan ji ni. Kpa Odyssey na yin da nkkang a̱ryya swak ka̱ccet a̱gwam Odysseus, a̱nyyi Ithaca bvwot naat u̱ ka̱byen nu ka Troy. Nkkang a ni yin ta̱twang ka̱bvung ka a̱ yin na̱ na sswa ni ku a̱ sshi u̱ cat kyang. [3] A̱bvom a̱tushuk a a̱ yin sshi an wap Greek, a̱ ban yei Epic Greek ni, wap du̱jem a tyyei ka̱mon nwap nyaai an cei nzaan ni. A̱kpak ba̱nyet a̱gyugyak a̱ wrak ka̱ryong a̱bvom a̱tushuk a ba yin na̱ jem di du̱wan. [6] Ba yin na bvwo bu̱ a̱ka̱tuk ka̱zwang a ccu bu̱ du̱wan, du̱jem ti ni yin byyi na̱tambvwai bu̱ tyei du̱mrang.[7]

A̱bvom a̱tushuk Homer na a̱ shei a̱kukkwo ta̱da Greek bu̱ du̱twang bvwo yya nkyang ka̱sa na ni (ancient Greek culture and education), a̱ ba bra̱ng bu̱ wruk du̱ du̱zu̱zrak kyang a̱ myim yet (fostering ideals of) a̱ngwak ni (heroism), sook ntong (glory), bu̱ a̱du̱dyeb (honor) ni.[8] Plato a̱hyywa du̱, Homer nu a̱ mi a̱ yin yet a̱ntyuk u̱ a̱ zza̱k Greece ni (he one who "has taught Greece" )(τὴν Ἑλλάδα πεπαίδευκεν, tēn Helláda pepaídeuken). [9][10] A̱ Dante Alighieri's ạ̱zu̱zrak tswa na̱tambuwai (Divine Comedy), Virgil a̱ hyywa du̱ Homer nu a̱ yin yet a̱ngwak du̱jem a̱bvom a̱tushuk (as "Poet sovereign"), A̱gwam kozan ta̱kai a̱bvom a̱tushuk (king of all poets);[11] A̱ du̱jem tyai kyang a̱nyi nu na na̱ jem kpa Iliad na ni, Alexander Pope a̱tun ka̱nu ạ̱ wrak (acknowledges) du̱ ba ccang Homer konzan ka̱ram na̱n yet a̱gba̱dang a̱ngwak a̱ntyok a̱bvom a̱tushuk ("greatest of poets"). [12] Nyyai ka̱ram a̱kukkwo nkyang nyaai ni si ba̱ u̱ ka̱ram ka̱pfun ka, Npfwong du̱jem a̱bvom a̱tushuk Homer na a̱ wrak cet bu̱ yya ka̱son a̱n kyang zaan da̱ ni du̱ a̱cecet du̱jem du̱kposai a̱ssi (works of literature), muzik (music), wwang zu̱zzwa mommuk (art), bu̱ yya a̱nzzup (and film).[13]

Bu kpang ka̱pfun ka ni yya̱ ka̱nu kạ̱ bạ̱nyet trwang ba yya̱ ni du̱ A̱nya a̱mi, A̱nza̱n ka̱ram, ke a̱mi, ba ku ryyi ryyi̱ nạ̱ ni du̱jem kpa the Iliad bu̱ Odyssey ku yin dyi. Ba̱nyet trwang du̱jem sarei a̱ccang du̱jem a̱bvom a̱tushuk a̱hwa na ni a̱ yet du̱jem a̱ ya yet a̱yring ba. A̱huhwa a̱n sshi du̱ ba̱ yin jem a̱bvom a̱tushuk nạ ni bai ka̱ram a̱ngbom sencuri a̱nunai si tat a̱byibyib sencori a̱tu̱yring BCE.[14] Nkkang swat ka̱sa Homer na da̱ ni ba̱nyet ba̱gungang ban wwat ni a̱n sshi a̱kukkwo ka̱ram a̱mi (classical antiquity), Nkkang a ba̱nyet ba bvo ba̱gungang ni a̱ yet du̱ a̱ yin yet a̱ntyok a̱tu̱twan a̱mi (a blind bard) Ionia, a̱kpai ka̱kpri a̱katyi kostal Anatolia ke ba̱n yei Turki ka̱pfun ka ni.[15] Ba̱nyet ntwrang ka̱pfun a̱hywa du̱ nkkang swat Homer na a̱ yet kyang a ba ni wwon ba̱ rami ni ba(Modern scholars consider these accounts legendary).[16]

Works attributed to Homer

Homer and His Guide (du̱ryya cci kop jring bu̱ cci a̱nunai bu̱ nswak a̱tu̱yring bu̱ a̱naai 1874) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau Kapffum, bu kpa 'the Iliad' bu 'the Odyssey' na a̱yet kyang a̱n yyi Homer ni (are associated with the name "Homer"). A̱kukkwo karam ka Npfwong zaan a̱n sshi ba̱ hwa nan yyi Homer a̱mi, ntamak bu the Homeric Hymns, the Contest of Homer bu Hesiod, several epigrams, the Little Iliad, the Nostoi, the Thebaid, the Cypria, the Epigoni, the comic mini-epic Batrachomyomachia ("The Frog–Mouse War"), the Margites, the Capture of Oechalia, and the Phocais. Npfwong du̱jem a̱kpa na ni ka̱pfun a̱bvo byyi du̱kposai u̱ ka̱sa ka ba sarei du̱ ba yin na san sarei a̱ kukkwo ka̱ram nu ba. Duk bu̱ a̱dudud npfwong ka̱had swat ka̱sa Homer na, a̱yet bu̱ kyang tada a̱kukkwak nkyang (they indicate little more Greek) a̱mi. [17][18][19]