Most people are familiar, at least by repute, with Homer\'s two great epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, but few are aware that other poems survive that were attributed to Homer in ancient times.
Four of them (Hymns 2-5) stand out by reason of their length and quality.
They honor the Greek gods, and recount some of the most attractive of the Greek myths.
The Homeric Hymns are now known to be the work of various poets working in the same tradition, probably during the seventh and sixth centuries BC.
Most people are familiar, at least by repute, with Homer\'s two great epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, but few are aware that other poems survive that were attributed to Homer in ancient times