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The association with Chios dates back to at least Semonides of Amorgos, who cited a famous line in the Iliad ( 6. 146 ) as by " the man of Chios ".
An eponymous bardic guild, known as the Homeridae ( sons of Homer ), or Homeristae (' Homerizers ') appears to have existed there, tracing descent from an ancestor of that name, or upholding their function as rhapsodes or " lay-stitchers " specialising in the recitation of Homeric poetry.
Wilhelm Dörpfeld suggests that Homer had visited many of the places and regions which he describes in his epics, such as Mycenae, Troy, the palace of Odysseus at Ithaca and more.
According to Diodorus Siculus, Homer had even visited Egypt.

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