Books/Writings
Homer
fl. 850 BCE
Greek

Poet. Legendary author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, which appear to have been oral poems handed down and modified by many generations of performers. The values represented are simple and bold. Competition is everything. Winning is everything. The prizes are mainly material. Strength and skill are important, but so are strategy and sometimes guile. We see these same values exemplified today in professional sports.

Contemporaries
?–843 BCEJezebel
fl. 850 BCEElijah
835–765 BCEAmos
fl. 850 BCEAhab