he was a greek poet, he wrote 3 famous works in particular
The Iliad was centred around the greek hero Achilles who fought in the siege of Troy, thought to be the best hero there ever was.
The Odyssey was about Odysseus, one of the hero's who survived the Trojan War, it is about his journey home, which i think took ten years, a lot of things happened to him and none of his crew survived
The Aeneid was about Aeneas, he was on the side of Troy and survived, he went on to start the roman empire