Hymns e, z, h, th: Calypso lets Odysseus go. Shipwreck of the raft. Salvation on the island of the Phaeacians. Athena appears in Nausicaa's dream. Odysseus in Alcinous' palace. Assembly of the Phaeacians. The royal dinner and the games. Songs of Demodocus.

Homer, the greatest epic poet of ancient Greece, lived in the 8th century BC. However, his dating is disputed. Many cities argued about his origins, among which Smyrna had perhaps the fairest claims. Many myths were created about his life. According to the prevailing tradition, he died on Ios.

In addition to the `Iliad` (15,692 lines) and the `Odyssey` (12,110 lines), other works have been attributed to him since ancient times. His two great epics are fundamental to Greek history and education. In the 4th century AD, Peisistratus collected the Homeric poems, which, after being edited mainly by the Alexandrians and corrected in later times, have been handed down to us.