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What comes to mind when you hear the word Epic ?

What comes to mind when you hear the word Epic ? . Epic. A LONG story that includes actions , travels, adventures, and heroic episodes. . Characteristics of the classical epic include these: . The gods play an active role in the story. Athena.

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What comes to mind when you hear the word Epic ?

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  1. What comes to mind when you hear the word Epic?

  2. Epic A LONG story that includes actions, travels, adventures, and heroic episodes. • Characteristics of the classical epic include these:

  3. The gods play an active role in the story Athena Eris, the goddess of discord, caused the events that led to the Trojan War. Hera Aphrodite

  4. 2. LARGE setting: The setting covers several nations, the whole world, or even the universe

  5. 3. LARGE cast of CHARACTERS Trojans Hector Priam Paris Andromache CassandraHecuba OenoneAstyanax Greeks • Agamemnon Patroclus Helen Odysseus Nestor Achilles Myrmidons Menelaus Calchas Other PhiloctetesPentheselia Zeus Aphrodite Eris Thetis King Memnon • Amazons PoseidonHera Iris Athena Apollo • Hermes Dionysus Hephaestus

  6. 4. The story often “goes off track” and into side stories that are not critical to the main story. Even though they relate to the main story, it would still make sense without them. Side main story Side

  7. 5. Even though the stories are fictional (fake), they provide an answer to a “BIG” question related to their culture. What happened to Troy?

  8. 6. Throughout the story, long periods of time pass. Ten years went by….

  9. 7. The hero of the story follows most of the traits of the heroic code. Hero of the Iliad: Achilles Achilles depicted by Brad Pitt in the movie Troy (2004) Achilles depicted on ancient vase. (540 A.D.)

  10. Modern Day Epics 1997 1937 To name a few… 1977

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