Indian literature we go back to stories from The Ramayana and The Maharharata, so in the)literature of western countries, they go back to The Iliad and The Odyssey. Just as children all overIndia know the names of stories of Ram and Sita, Yudhishthira and Arjuna and Draupadi, sochildren in western countries know the names of Hector and Odysseus and Achilles and Helen ofTroy, the most beautiful woman in the world, because of whom the Greek and Trojans fought forten long years.Nobody knows for certain who the author of these early epics is. It is thought that they aroseand developed with the nation itself, and were handed down from singer to singer till perhaps onegreat poet gave them their final form.It is believed that The Iliad and The Odyssey were composed and recited by a blind poetnamed Homer, who lived about 900 bce and who wandered from one Greek city or village toanother, singing his poems to all who would receive him in their homes and give him hospitality.This wandering singer has been honoured through the ages, not only in Greece but in all Europe, asthe Father of European Poetry.A2)Homer honoredwith the titleFather ofEuropean Poetry' ?A3) VocabularyPick out words fiom the passage that mean:To create or write:------ ?Generous reception and entertainment of guests:--- ?​