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The Epic

The Epic. S tuff You Need to Kno w before Reading the Odyssey EN09. Homeric Simile. an extended comparison between heroic events and easily understood everyday events .

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The Epic

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  1. The Epic Stuff You Need to Know before Reading the Odyssey EN09

  2. Homeric Simile an extended comparison between heroic events and easily understood everyday events

  3. EX: “Then he advanced on them like a mountain lion who sallies out, defying wind and rain in the pride of his power, with fire in his eyes, to hunt the oxen or the sheep, to stalk the roaming deer, or to be forced by hunger to besiege the very walls of the homestead and attack the pens.”

  4. Epithet an adjective or other descriptive phrase that is regularly used to characterize a person, place, or thing

  5. honest Abe cunning Odysseus wise Athena

  6. Hexameter • a line of verse consisting of six metrical feet • relied on epithets to maintain the meter

  7. Suspense the uncertainty a reader feels about what is going to happen next

  8. Imagery • language that appeals to the senses • esp. sight words

  9. myth • a traditional story that is rooted in a particular culture • is typically religious • usually serves to explain a belief, ritual, or mysterious natural phenomenon

  10. epic • a long narrative poem • a quest undertaken in search of something of value

  11. I need a hero! • A hero is a man in myth and legend who is often of noblebirth. • He is endowed with great courage and strength. • He is celebrated for his boldexploits. • He is favored by the gods.

  12. A hero... • ...has great strength or ability • ...is often inclined to boasting or foolhardiness • ...is mortal

  13. A hero... • ...overcomes both internal and external demons/struggles • ...is imperfect (possesses human fallibility) • ...is on a quest

  14. What is a quest? a search or pursuit made to find or obtain something

  15. Quest Pattern • begins with a plunge into the unknown or darkness (like war) • hero faces a challenge, often with divineassistance

  16. three most common challenges: • monsters • demons • other-worldly creatures • challenges threaten the hero and destroy his companions

  17. also included is a journey to the underworld or some connection with death • the hero is then reborn and can return enlightened to his known world

  18. rhapsode/bard • a person who composed and recited epic poems • often accompanied himself on a harp or lyre

  19. The Iliad and the Odyssey are considered the two greatest Greek epics.

  20. The Iliad and the Odyssey are from the oral, unwritten form of literature and are meant to be heard, not read.

  21. The Iliad and the Odyssey were accepted by the early Greeks as the ultimate authority for information about morality, early history, and the Olympian theology – much like the Bible was for early Hebrews.

  22. The Greeks of the Homeric period were part of a pre-literate civilization.

  23. the Ililad The Iliad is about Achilles and the last year of the Trojan War.

  24. The Odyssey is about Odysseus and his ten year voyage home after the Trojan War.

  25. Odyssey is a Greek word meaning “the tale of Odysseus.” • The Odyssey is more than 2500 years old.

  26. The Iliad and the Odyssey were “written” by Homer.

  27. Homer... • ...probably lived and • wrote in the 8th or 9th centuries B.C.E. • ...was probably born on the island of Chios on the western coast of • Asia Minor.

  28. Homer • Whether or not Homer was from Chios, it is likely he was from Asia Minor since he composed in the dialect of Ionian (Asian) Greek.

  29. Homer... ...might have been blind, but there is no real evidence to support this.

  30. Iliad and Odyssey • Neither epic was written down until around 535 B.C.E. when a group of rhapsodes gathered in Athens to undertake the task.

  31. Luke Skywalker Indiana Jones Frodo Modern-Day Epic Heroes

  32. Superman and other “super” heroes are not true epic heroes.

  33. Movies are the most common medium for the modern epic.

  34. Luke Skywalker had the Force

  35. Odysseus received help from the gods during his travels.

  36. Liu Xiaobo "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China". peaceful solutions to international conflicts, advance democracy and human rights, promote economic and social development He worked on behalf of the earthquake victims in Haiti and Hurricane Katrina victims on the Gulf coast. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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