CLASSICS 1B03 final: CLASSICS 1B03
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9 years of war gone by prior to homer"s composition of iliad. None distinction of the divide from history and myth. Despite being very tragic, this is not known to be called. In media res means in the middle. The divine muse is greek deity of memory. His epics are designed to be performed or sung. Dactylic hexameter: assumed his audience had a basic understanding of the tenets of. "swift-footed achilles" is an example of an epithet, which is a descriptive adjective or phrase that highlights a significant trait or characteristic of a person, deity, location, or object. his work. Atreus is the king of myrcenes whose sons are agamemnon, ruler of myrcenes; The daughters of tyndareus is clytemnestra and helen. Clytemnestra is the wife of agamemnon and helen is the wide of menalus and daughter. Zeus appeared to leda in the form of a swan and seduced her, resulting in the birth of.
