CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dactylic Hexameter, Trojan War, Ilus
6 Oct 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Heroic past: stories of gods and men. In dactylic hexameter, also known as heroic hexameter. The iliad and odyssey became standards (beginning of literature and poetry) Oral poetry was composed on the spot, and performed by bards. In order to memorize long plays and soliloquies bards . Use epithets: adjectival phrases used to describe a hero, army, place etc. There are 37 epithets to achilles in greek literacy. Book divisions, final editions were completed by scholars in alexandria during the. No certain information on homer, though he was thought to be a god. We know nothing about how they were produced. An epic poem set in the heroic past. Narrates a very short time frame within the trojan war. Disputes between the greeks and trojans, agamemnon and achilles. The story of ilium (english- ilion), the city called troy. Begins in the 9th year of the 10 year trojan war. Greek army- small kingdoms from all over the mediterranean.
