Enjoyed the read! here are a couple of comments.

In the essay, you state that Homer was (likely) living around 1100B.C.and later there is a comment that Homer's work was important for its time and "reflected the moral values and ethics of the Hellenistic people of ancient Greece."  But maybe what you mean to say is the Homer's work was ahead of its time and reflected the moral ....etc.  / or his work influence Philosophers of the Hellenistic period.