During 150 BC to 750BC, it was called Greek's dark ages and during this time, the skill of writing was lost so history relied on an oral tradition. History was passed on from person to person by sharing to great tales of Greek heroes and gods. These stories were told by peoples called Bards, who were wondering poets that went around from place to place and entertained. The greatest, and most famous bard was named Homer. Homer was a blind poet who among his many stories and poems, his two most famous epics were the Iliad and the Odyssey. An epic is a long collection of many lines that made up a story, many epics may last for a couple of nights, and when the epic was done, the bard would move on and tell his epic to yet more eager ears. The author of the two greatest epics in Greek culture was said to be a blind bard who was born in Iona, which is now the west cost of Turkey. Some historians say that he was born around 850 BC but other historians place him closer to 750 BC instead. There is not many things known about Homer other than a few clues of who he was left by him trough his epics.
             Life back around the time of Homer was fairly simple because the dark ages were about 1150 BC to 750 BC, which is the approximate time frame that historians place Homer. During this time, there was the great Dorian migration that was distant relatives of the Bronze aged Greeks. The Dorian spoke an older dialect of Greek, which is also, could be the original language in which the epics were told. The Dorians were less developed and advanced than of those who came before them so trade came to a stand still during that time. Because they were less advanced, they had no written history so this left a 400 year gap in Greek history which we study and guess through the epics of Homer.
             Though Homer's epics, many Greeks learned the powerful idea of Arête. Arête is defined as the idea to strive for excellence, to show courage in all sit...