Epic Poetry Flashcards
Guile
Sly or cunning
Hubris
excessive pride
poetry
A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination
epic poetry
A long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost superhuman character
invocation of the muse
A prayer or address made to the one of the nine muses of Greco-Roman mythology, in which the poet asks for the inspiration, skill, knowledge, or appropriate mood to create a poem worthy of his subject-matter.
epic simile
a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length
Epithet
A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something
flashback
a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.
Rhapsode
person who recited poetry or stories in ancient Greece
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
In Media Res
a piece of writing that begins in the middle of the action
Who is the epic hero in the Odyssey?
Odysseus
What character trait gets Odysseus in trouble?
His hubris
What character trait repeatedly saves Odysseus?
His guile
Who is given credit for creating The Odyssey?
The blind poet, Homer
