Iliad, Odyssey and Homer Lit. key terms and context Flashcards
Dactylic Hexameter
meter of epic poem
Epithets
repeated nicknames for each character to show some feature or skill
Repeated scenes
religious ritual, cataloguing- scenes w same structure and different characters so the bard can remember easily
Formulae
techniques used in oral poetry to help the bard remember the poem
ekphrasis
e.g. explanation of a piece of art, a story within a story
Cataloguing
listing
Invocation
the poet asking for permission from the muses to tell the story- shows piety and respect
Rhapsode
people who performed the Iliad and Odyssey to music
why is Homer seen as blind
Demodocus, bard in book 8, is blind
associated with divine inspiration
When was Troy destroyed
1200 BC
in media res
when starts in the middle of action
paradeigma
mythical example
