Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1906 — Homer’s Seven Cities. [ARTICLE]

Homer’s Seven Cities.

It has been said that “seven cities claimed Homer dead, who while living had no place to lay bls head,” or words to that effect—that is to say, Homer’s fame became such after his death that seven cities contended for the honor of having been the place of his birth. Do you know the name of those seven cities ? They are Chios, Athens, Rhodes, Colophon, Argos, Smyrna and Salamis.