Structure Flashcards
1
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Chiastic structure
A
Symmetrical (ABCBA)
2
Q
Meter
A
Statement to describe someone’s character
3
Q
Formula
A
Combination of nouns with certain epithets in specific metrical position; set descriptions
4
Q
Rhapsody
A
Someone who recites epic poems
5
Q
Milman Parry
A
1902 - 1935
Demonstrated that the Iliad and odyssey were oral
Epithets and formulae were not repetitions - they were pre-existing phrases that allowed the rhapsody to remember and reconstruct the story
6
Q
Time frame
A
52 days of the end of the 10 year Trojan war
Book 1= 23 days
Books 2-22= 4 days
Books 23+24= 25 days
