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Epic Poetry

Purpose

Broadl defined genera of poetry

Retells in continuous narritive

The life and works of a heroic or mythology person or group of persons.

The term "epic" has been recycled.

Literary Devices

Epic simily

"None would attack oh, it was strange, I tell you but switching their long tails they faced our men like hounds, who look up when their master comes with tidbits for them as he will from table" (5-8).

comparison in the form of a simile that are many lines in length

Ephet

"Son of great Laertes" (33).

Another name for someone or something

Alliteration

Rhyme

Meter

Name and Authors of Epic Poems

Aeneid- Virgel

Odyssey- Homer

Illiad- Homer

Metamorphoses-Ovid

Features

Epic Setting

Epic Themes

Epic Plot

Epic Hero

Overcomes perilous situations

"Eurylochus tells Odysseus what has happened and begs him to sail away from Circe’s island. Against this advice, however, Odysseus rushes to save his men from the enchantress" (46-48).

Embodies Qualities valued by a culture

"Cyclops, try some wine. Here s liquor to wash down your scraps of men. Taste it, and see the kind of drink we carried under our planks. I meant it for an offering if you would help us home" (256-259).

Helped or harmed by Gods or fate

"On the way, he meets the god Hermes, who gives him a magical plant called moly to protect him from Circe’s power" (48-50).

Superhuman Strengths

"Circe turns the pigs back into men but puts them all into a trance" (53-54).

Non-Freatures

Lame theme

Normal setting

Villin

Small plot