Question

why is Homer honoured with the title father of European poetry​

Answer 1

Answer:

Homer was a blind poet who lived about 900 BCE and who wandered from one Greek city or village to another, 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, as the 'Father of European Poetry'

Answer 2

Answer:

it is believed that the two great epics of European literature,the iliad and the odyssey, were composed and recited by homers hence he has been honoured with the title father of European poetry.