In the Hellenistic period, Homer was the subject of a hero cult in several cities.

The poem was as much admired in Hungary as in France and Germany ; Hungarian János Arany wrote " Homer and Ossian " in response, and several other Hungarian writers – Baróti Szabó, Csokonai, Sándor Kisfaludy, Kazinczy, Kölcsey, Ferenc Toldy, and Ágost Greguss, were also influenced by it.

In Greek mythology, Proteus ( Πρωτεύς ) is an early sea-god, one of several deities whom Homer calls the " Old Man of the Sea ".

After the two had been dating for several years, Marge discovered she was pregnant with Bart, and she and Homer were married in a small wedding chapel across the state line.

Marge admits that she " put up with a lot in marriage ," and has left Homer or thrown him out of the house on several occasions.

Virgil made use of several models in the composition of his epic ; Homer the preeminent classical epicist is everywhere present, but Virgil also makes especial use of the Latin poet Ennius and the Hellenistic poet Apollonius of Rhodes among the various other writers he alludes to.

Castellaneta has won several awards for voicing Homer, including four Primetime Emmy Awards for " Outstanding Voice-Over Performance " in 1992 for " Lisa's Pony ", 1993 for " Mr. Plow ", 2004 for voicing several characters in " Today I Am a Clown ", and 2009 for voicing Homer in " Father Knows Worst ".

It was followed on April 23, 2002 by his first comedy CD, I Am Not Homer, in which he and his wife perform several comedy skits.

My father was an athletic, creative, intelligent filmmaker and writer, and the only thing he had in common with Homer was a love of donuts " Although Groening has stated in several interviews that Homer's namesake is his father, he also claimed in several 1990 interviews that a character in the 1939 Nathanael West novel The Day of the Locust was the inspiration for naming Homer.

Although Hutz loses most of his cases, he does win several cases for the Simpsons, for instance representing Homer in his case against the Sea Captain and the Frying Dutchman restaurant over its " All You Can Eat " offer (" The most blatant case of false advertising since The Never Ending Story ").

In the 1950s, Wise proved adept in several genres, from the science fiction of The Day the Earth Stood Still to the melodramatic So Big, to the 1954 boardroom drama Executive Suite, to the epic Helen of Troy based on Homer, to Susan Hayward's Oscar winner in I Want to Live !, for which he was nominated for Best Director.

Significant variations on the legend of Oedipus are mentioned in fragments by several ancient Greek poets including Homer, Hesiod, Pindar, Aeschylus and Euripides.

" Based on these attitudes, several jokes were toned down to make the episode feel more realistic, including the impression that everyone at NASA was as stupid as Homer.

The game stars Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa, as well as Mr. Burns and several other characters from the show.

As well as several Ohio collegiate stars like Ed Kagy, Dwight Wertz, Homer Davidson, Dutch Powell, Frank Nesser and Ralph " Fat " Waldsmith.

There is one fragment dealing with the management of a feast, another which denounces the exaggerated importance attached to athletic victories, and several which deny the humanized gods of Homer.

Locally, it has several nicknames such as: " The Dome ", " The Thunderdome " and " The Homer Dome ".

* It has been assumed that The Simpsons ( 1989 ) creator Matt Groening named his most famous character, Homer Simpson, after his own father, however, in several interviews given in 1990, Groening reportedly stated that he named the character after the Homer in this novel, although neither explanation is considered definitive.

Both Aristotle and Homer may in spirit be contemplating `` bust '' of the old-fashioned American dollar.

* 1982 – Homer S. Ferguson, American politician ( b. 1889 )

* 1893 – Homer N. Wallin, American vice-admiral ( d. 1984 )

* 1943 – Homer Hickam, American author and retired NASA engineer

* 1836 – Winslow Homer, American artist ( d. 1910 )

* Homer D. Babbidge, Jr., ed., Noah Webster: On Being American ( 1967 ), selections from his writings

* 1931 – Homer Smith, American football coach ( d. 2011 )

* The American author O. Henry humorously referred to a book by " Homer KM " with the character " Ruby Ott " in his short story " The Handbook of Hymen.

The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.

* October 29 – Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor ( Homer Simpson from ' The Simpsons ')

** Homer Hickam, American author and retired NASA engineer

* September 29 – Winslow Homer, American painter ( b. 1836 )

** J. Homer Tutt, American vaudeville producer and performer ( d. 1951 )

* February 24 – Winslow Homer, American painter ( d. 1910 )

Homer Earl Capehart ( June 6, 1897 – September 3, 1979 ), American business innovator and politician, was born in Algiers, Indiana, in Pike County.

In the warlord period of China, many American and English mercenaries thrived such as Homer Lea, Philo Norton McGriffin, Morris " Two Gun " Cohen, and Francis Arthur " One Armed " Sutton.

Noted American composer Homer Newton Bartlett resided at 32 Maple Avenue in Ellenville for many years during the late 19th century.

Pierpont's Homer Cemetery is located just northwest of Pierpont on State Highway 27 and South Dakota's second Governor Charles Sheldon is buried there, along with many of Pierpont's fallen soldiers from wars ranging from the Spanish American War to the Vietnam War.

* Sidney Homer, American composer of " A Plantation Ditty " ( lyrics by Frank Lebby Stanton )

The emphasis on American culture helped reach Whitman's intention of creating a distinctly American epic poem comparable to the works of Homer.

* Homer C. Blake, American naval officer

Major late-19th-century American exponents of the medium included Thomas Moran, Thomas Eakins, John LaFarge, John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, and, preeminently, Winslow Homer.

Never on Sunday (, ) is a 1960 Greek black-and-white film which tells the story of Ilya, a prostitute who lives in the port of Piraeus in Greece, and Homer, an American tourist from Middletown, Connecticut — a classical scholar enamored with all things Greek.