"Now I will avow that men call me Odysseus, Sacker of Cities, Laertes' son, a Prince of the Achaeans," said the Wanderer. The Odyssey as told by Homer.

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"Now I will avow that men call me Odysseus, Sacker of Cities, Laertes' son, a Prince of the Achaeans," said the Wanderer. The Odyssey as told by Homer translated by H.D. Rouse The Odyssey as told by Homer translated by H.D. Rouse

Blind Minstrel/Singer from the island Chios Homer was a Rapsode or singer of tales. All historians/entertainers of Homer’s time did not write their stories/facts down. This Homer Not This Homer…

The term epic is also applied to novels, dramas, and films which are grand in the scale of their action or importance of their subject matter --- with important themes and heroes.

Epic Hero Superhuman During quest, goes through trials and tribulations in order to achieve his goal Villains try to keep the hero from his quest On a quest for something of great value Of mixed divine and human birth Has a tragic flaw

Story in Ithaca about Odysseus’ wife and son as they await his return (called the Telemachy) Tale of Odysseus’ wanderings during the ten years following the Trojan War Merging of the strands when Odysseus returns to Ithaca and joins forces with his son, Telemachus, to destroy their enemies

The Epic Long narrative poem about the deeds of an epic hero Epic Hero The central figure of an epic Actions are inspiring or noble Epic Simile/Homeric Simile An ELABORATE comparison of unlike subjects Tragic Flaw A weakness in the hero’s character Symbolism Frequent use of words, places, characters, or objects that mean something beyond what they are on a literal level Irony Indicating through character or plot development an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually stated

Imagery The "mental pictures" that readers experience with a passage of literature Often appeals to senses Foreshadowing Hints of future events in a piece of literature Flashback Writers’ technique in which the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time (goes back in time; like giving the reader a memory). In Media res The classical tradition of opening an epic not in the chronological point at which the sequence of events would start, but rather at the midway point of the story.