# Homer — Leaves of Grass character guide

> Homer in Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-inscriptions

## Who they are

Ancient Greek poet, invoked as a foundational bard.

## In the story

### [Thus by Blue Ontario's Shore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/19)

Among the loftiest bards of past ages who stride before the narrator

### [Fancies at Navesink](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/fancies-at-navesink)

Mentioned as one of the greatest bards whose works the speaker would barter for the sea's undulation.

### [Had I the Choice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/had-i-the-choice)

Mentioned as a great bard whose works include Hector, Achilles, and Ajax.

### [To Get the Final Lilt of Songs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/to-get-the-final-lilt-of-songs)

Listed among the mighty poets whose inmost lore the speaker wishes to penetrate.

### [Old Chants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/old-chants)

Referenced through the Iliad and Odyssey as foundational epics.

### [The Unexpress’d](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/the-unexpress-d)

Cited as one of the canonical poets whose works have been part of the cycles of song.

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