World Citizen Homer — Fecri Polat

Who was Homers father where was he born where did he live It is not easy to explain this Because he himself gives us no information in this regard and those who mention him have not reached a definite conclusion and have succumbed to a multitude of fantasies Some say he was born in Colophon some in Chios some in Smyrna some in Ios and some in Cyme In short there is no city that has not adopted Homer as its own son Therefore it is appropriate to call Homer a citizen of the world Proclus AD 412 485 Oral culture which laid the groundwork for written culture continued and still continues to exist even after the invention of writing despite writing itself Anatolia the cradle of all cultures and a crossroads from past to present has been the homeland of countless poets whose voices reached across the world such as Homer and of works cherished by all humanity For this reason the spoken word transmitted through songs became the Anatolian epic tradition and Homer born in Anatolia the cultural center of the world became a world citizen

Who was Homer s father where was he born where did he live It is not easy to explain this Because he himself gives us no information in this regard and those who mention him have not reached a definite conclusion and have succumbed to a multitude of fantasies Some say he was born in Colophon some in Chios some in Smyrna some in Ios and some in Cyme In short there is no city that has not adopted Homer as its own son Therefore it is appropriate to call Homer a citizen of the world Proclus AD 412 485 Oral culture which laid the groundwork for written culture continued and still continues to exist even after the invention of writing despite writing itself Anatolia the cradle of all cultures and a crossroads from past to present has been the homeland of countless poets whose voices reached across the world such as Homer and of works cherished by all humanity For this reason the spoken word transmitted through songs became the Anatolian epic tradition and Homer born in Anatolia the cultural center of the world became a world citizen