Homer Quiz Flashcards
What is the primary source of knowledge about Homer?
Tradition and legend
- almost everything known about Homer is based on tradition and legend, very little is known for sure.
The study of Homer is filled with ____?
Controversy
Scholars have long debated what about Homer?
That he even existed.
Some scholars believe that Homer is actually an amalgam of ____?
Many writers over the years who wrote and complied the stores in the Iliad and Odyssey
Currently, scholars lean toward the idea of _____ for the Iliad and Odyssey because of _____?
- Single-authorship
- many stylistic similarities in the Iliad and Odyssey
Where was Homer said to have been born?
Ionian region of Asia Minor at Smyrna
Homer lived between what years?
900 and 700 BCE
Some scholars date HOmer living as far back as ____?
1250 BCE - near the time of the Trojan War
Nearly all legends about Homer agree on one main point - that Homer was ____?
Blind
Homer’s profession was a ____
Bard - a profession poet and storyteller
What is a bard?
A professional poet and storyteller
Homer is credited with “writing” the two great epics of Greek civilization, known as ____ and ____?
- Iliad
- Odyssey
What are the two great epics of Greek civilization?
- Iliad
- Odyssey
The Iliad and Odyssey are considered _____ in human literature.
Landmarks
Homer is often cited as the starting point of _____
Western literary tradition
It is likely that Homer and his audience were members of what type of culture?
Preliterate, oral culture
Most of Homers poem were probably ______ long after their original composition
Written down
What is the definition of Oral Tradition?
The process of memorizing and reciting works, because writing is unavailable.
20th Century studies of preliterate societies have shown that lengthy works can be composed _____ by poets whose recitations belong to a long tradition of _____
- Orally
- Storytelling
Societies that didn’t have writing are capable of _____ and ____ incredibly long passages.
- Rembembering
- Reciting
Home’s epics became ____ for many later writers.
Models
What three writers did Homer’s writing become a model for?
- Virgil
- Milton
- Dante
What was the name of the epic and culture of Virgil?
- The Aeneid
- Roman
What was the name of epic and culture of Milton
- Paradise Lost
- Christian
What was the name of the epic and culture of Dante?
- The Divine Comedy
- Christian
The characters and themes of the Iliad and Odyssey are center Al to _____ ____ and ____
Western literature and culture
The ___ and ___ of the Iliad and Odyssey are central to Western literature and culture.
- Characters
- Themes
