Were Homer's works ever banned?

Yes. Roman emperor Caligula banned Homer’s works during his reign (37-41 A.D.) because they were said to promote unhealthy ideas about Greek freedom.

Why is twenty-one considered the age of legal adulthood? The practice grew out of British common law. Before the Norman invasion, thirteen or fourteen was considered the age of adulthood, at least among the nobility. But during battles, it was observed that…
How did the kingdom of Oz get its name? Although some biographers believe the story of Oz's naming to be as fanciful as the tales themselves, author L. Frank Baum claimed that he was inspired by a file cabinet marked O–Z. Other…
What is the octopus in The Octopus (1901)? The octopus in Frank Norris's novel is the Pacific and Southwestern Railroad. The railroad dominates the California state government, manipulates other industries, and oppresses struggling wheat farmers.
What are the books in John Dos Passos’s U.S.A. trilogy? The books in John Dos Passos's U.S.A. trilogy are: The 42nd Parallel (1930) 1919 (1932) The Big Money (1936) The three were first published together in 1937.
How many Pulitzer prizes did Ernest Hemingway win? Ernest Hemingway won one Pulitzer prize, for The Old Man and the Sea (1952).
Who played Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment USA (1959)? George Hamilton played Robert Cole, a character based on Raskolnikov, in this strange version of Feodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment set in Santa Monica, California. It was Hamilton's screen debut.