question answer: Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology

Please answer each question in 150-200 words. Back up your claims with at least one citation per question; the citations must be taken from the course materials, that is, either the textbook or my lectures or posted documents. Chapter 1, 3, 18, and 19 1. What do we know about Homer’s identity? How did the Greeks determine which poems were by him and which ones weren’t? 2. Are the apologoi in the Odyssey myths or some other form of tale? Justify your answer. (The term “apologoi” refers to books 9-12 of the Odyssey. There Odysseus tells of his wanderings in the first person. The most famous episode is the one of his blinding the Cyclops.) 3. Point out the most salient similarity (or similarities) between Hesiod’s account of the origin of the world and ancient Near Eastern creation myths. Access to textbook: https://learninglink.oup.com id: [email protected] password: History2024!