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Bellwork 13 10.13/14. List anything you know or think of when you read the following:. The Odyssey Homer Cyclops Calypso Styx The Underworld Ancient Greece Modern Greece The Trojan War/Troy Achilles Helen of Troy Zeus Helen of Troy Hades Poseidon.
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Bellwork13 10.13/14 List anything you know or think of when you read the following: • The Odyssey • Homer • Cyclops • Calypso • Styx • The Underworld • Ancient Greece • Modern Greece • The Trojan War/Troy • Achilles • Helen of Troy • Zeus • Helen of Troy • Hades • Poseidon
Characteristics of an Epic • Physically impressive hero of national importance. • Vast setting including all the known world and sometimes the Land of the Dead. • Quest for something valuable • Supernatural forces at work • Glorification of the hero in the end • Values rooted in a specific culture