This paper examines the
evidence to prove the authenticity and the identity of the Greek
poet, Homer. It analyzes how there is an enigma of his
historical existence as well as his authorship of the
works traditionally associated with his name. It evaluates literary, historical and archaeological evidence with an emphasis on his most famous piece of work "Odyssey" based on the "Iliad". It investigates whether the works attributed to Homer were in
fact written by the hand of the poet (or dictated to a scribe if he was in fact blind, as the Greeks always believed), or were only committed to writing decades or centuries later after being kept alive in the living memory of illiterate
bards.