id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5973 Homer - Wikipedia .html text/html 9299 1722 73 The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language which shows a mixture of features of the Ionic and Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic.[6][7] Most researchers believe that the poems were originally transmitted orally.[8] From antiquity until the present day, the influence of Homeric epic on Western civilization has been great, inspiring many of its most famous works of literature, music, art and film.[9] The Homeric epics were the greatest influence on ancient Greek culture and education; to Plato, Homer was simply the one who "has taught Greece" – ten Hellada pepaideuken.[10][11] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5973.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5973.txt