# Homer — Beyond Good and Evil character guide

> Homer in Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Homer

**First appearance:** 0002-i-prejudices-of-philosophers

## Who they are

Ancient Greek epic poet referenced as a foundational cultural figure.

## In the story

### [Chapter 190](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/190)

Mentioned in the phrase 'in Homeric language,' used to frame the final, cryptic description of the Platonic Socrates.

### [The Historical Sense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/224)

Appreciation of Homer is cited as a happy acquisition for moderns, which men of distinguished past culture could not easily appropriate.

### [238](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/238)

Cited as the starting point of a Greek cultural trajectory that became increasingly strict and 'Oriental' in its view of women.

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