Nqe lus piav txog kev nyiam
Ib tus kws sau paj huam zoo tshaj plaws ntawm tim Nkij teb chaws thaum ub yog tus tswv ntawm kev ua yeeb yam zoo - Homer, uas tau lees paub nrog kev sau ntawv yuav luag ib nrab ntawm cov haujlwm Greek thaum ub tau pom los txog niaj hnub no. Nws tseem yog tus tsim ntawm kev tsis txawj tuag "Iliad" thiab "Odyssey" - cov keeb kwm qub tshaj plaws ntawm cov ntawv European.
Hmoov tsis zoo, tsawg tsawg paub txog lub neej ntawm tus kws sau paj huam dab neeg dab neeg. Cov kws sau keeb kwm tsis muaj peev xwm txhim kho kev ntseeg tau txawm tias kwv yees hnub yug ntawm tus kws sau paj huam (lub sijhawm xav tias yog qhov dav heev - qhov kawg ntawm lub xyoo pua 12th BC - 8th century BC), txawm hais tias kev tshawb fawb niaj hnub tseem hais tias Homer nyob ntawm 8 xyoo BC Tsis muaj ib yam paub txog qhov chaw nws yug - nyob rau lub sijhawm puag thaum ub, txoj cai raug hu ua "lub tebchaws Homer" tau sib tw los ntawm Athens, Argos, Rhodes, Smyrna, Chios, Colophon thiab Salamis. Homer phau ntawv keeb kwm yog sau ua ntu zus thiab feem ntau cov ntaub ntawv tsis sib xws thiab muaj ntau qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb. Tsuas yog qhov uas cov kws tshawb fawb feem ntau pom zoo yog qhov chaw ntawm Homer tuag yog Greek Island ntawm Ios, thiab cov neeg Greek keeb kwm yav dhau los Herodotus thiab tus kws sau keeb kwm Pausanias tau hais qhov no hauv lawv cov ntawv.
Homer lub qhov ntxa ntseeg tau tias yog nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm lub toj roob zoo nkauj nyob ze Plakoto Beach nyob rau sab qaum teb ntawm cov kob ntawm Ios. Nws tau txheeb xyuas hauv xyoo pua 17th los ntawm ntau qhov pov thawj, nrog rau cov nplais marble pom ntawm no nrog cov cim nco txog sau rau ntawm nws. Thiab txawm hais tias nws muaj peev xwm hais tias Homer raug faus rau hauv ib qho chaw sib txawv kiag li, hnub no qhov chaw no hu ua "Tomb of Homer" thiab nws yog ib qho ntawm cov neeg nyiam mus ncig ua si tshaj plaws ntawm cov kob Ios.