the Greek scholar‚ who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey. There are two parts to the question: who wrote and when was it written. Answering the first question: who wrote it‚ isn’t as easy as just naming the author. We have a name‚ Homer‚ but we don’t know who Homer really is. The first question has three parts to it. Did one man write it? Or was is two men? Maybe Homer wasn’t a single entity at all‚ but a group. Most people side with that one man wrote both the Iliad and the Odyssey because both works
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between the Homeric >narrator and the hero of the epic. i.e. the narrator often speaks in a way >which brings him close to the way that the main character speaks or vice >versa-- the major character speaks like a Homeric singer. In the case of >the Iliad‚ the hero is Achilles and Patroclus is of course the closest >buddy of Achilles. In the Odyssey‚ you could argue whether it is because of >focalization through Odysseus or Telemachus but either way‚ Eumaios is a >special figure in relation to them
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legendary figures or the history of a nation. The Homeric Epics are comprised of the two epics titled “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” that tells stories of events that occurred around 1200BC. The Iliad is compared to tragedy‚ whilst the Odyssey is to comedy. The texts form a connection between the Iron and Bronze ages‚ whilst forming a connection with the modern global world we live in today. The Iliad tells part of the story of the Trojan war‚ specifically the conflict between Achilles‚ the great warrior
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MIDTERM EXAMINATION Program in Cultures‚ Civilizations‚ and Ideas Humanities 111: Antiquity Fall 2010 Due 25.11.2010 at 17:30 via email. Academic Dishonesty Do not cheat. Do not help others cheat. Do not submit the work of others as your own. Students who turn in substantially identical written work in terms of content‚ structure‚ vocabulary‚ or phrasing will be severely penalized. Academic dishonesty or plagiarism will result in an F for the course and further disciplinary action‚ including
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much to their country’s culture. In epic poetry‚ poets like Ovid influenced Shakespeare‚ so new forms of literature were created‚ Dante heightened religious believes in the Inferno influencing entire nations‚ children learned about morality from the Iliad and the Odyssey‚ and culture was preserved through the writings of the Ramayana (“Lecture on the Odyssey”). The fact that The Epic of Gilgamesh was written in 2700 B.C. and it is still read today demonstrates that it has withstood the test of time
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example‚ the creation stories were for explaining the making of a civilization usually starting with one or more god. The works all influenced the modern world and the contemporary writers of that time. That is why I chose Epic of Gilgamesh‚ Homer’s Iliad‚ and Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince as works that I would include in my syllabus if I was a World Literature instructor. I feel that no matter where in the world an instructor is teaching at‚ he or she has to include the world’s earliest known
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in this epic poem have no influence over the decisions that involve their well being and are seen as merely as awards and possessions of men. …are seen as only prizes who contribute to a male’s pride and ego. Women are depicted in The Iliad as individuals who lack the power to in- fluence or impact their personal lives or others in ways that do not involve contributing to the sex‚ pride or ego in males. (1-8)
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Literary Terms Packet The terms in this packet will be used throughout the semester in literature discussions and on exams. Please memorize and be able to use and identify all terms in papers and on exams. Some information in this packet came from Modern English by Arnold Lazarus‚ et.al. and A Dictionary of Literary‚ Dramatic‚ and Cinematic Terms by Sylvan Barnet‚ et.al. Allusion A reference to someone or something that is known from history‚ literature‚ religion‚ politics or some other
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task of producing work that entails the endeavours of Priam and his challenge to make peace with Achilles who is also still attempting to make peace with the loss of Patroclus. The wrath of Achilles is more predominant in Petersen’s work‚ however the Iliad shows Achilles being ‘inhuman’ and “barbaric”. This can depict Achilles as more of a “brute” and warrior as compared to a
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him. The question remains‚ is Achilles meant to be a hero for all time or is he nothing but a glorified savage? As we begin our journey through the Iliad‚ Homer would have the audience see Achilles as a warrior‚ no doubt‚ but through to the end‚ Achilles has succumbed to his rage and proves to have lost his heroic status as Homer completes the Iliad. Achilles embodies and challenges both the Greek concept of arete or excellence as a warrior hero. The definition of arete is more specifically the
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