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1 Star Wars and Homer

2 Important Terms Hero Epic Iliad Odyssey How is Star Wars an Epic?

3 Epic Episodes arming scenes battle scenes epic games or contests
a trip to the Underworld a vision of the future an epic catalogue or list grand assemblies divine machinery funeral scene

4 This scene depicts the Ransom of Hector based upon Iliad 24
This scene depicts the Ransom of Hector based upon Iliad 24. Read in class: The Funeral of Hector (Iliad 24: ) You can read this electonically in Johnston’s 2006 translation or in Samuel Butler’s 19th-century translation

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