Classical Studies 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Iliad, Scheria, Odysseus

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: David Lamari

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There is connection between homeric poems and pre-historic greece there are certainly. Agamemnon from the iliad comes from mycenae which homer calls rich in gold , Broad-streeted , and well built : the golden cup of nestor from the iliad resembles an actual cup found in the graves at. Main metal in homer is bronze, but there are also iron weapons. There are differences between homer and the mycenaeans: the mycenaeans buried their dead, while in homer the dead are cremated. The language of homer is a fusion of elements from various dialects, including the ionic, the. The oldest linguistic elements have come to be known as the traditional epithets (e. g. cloud- Thought that at this time the greeks adapted a phoenician system of signs to create the greek alphabet. The greeks agree on the name of homer; otherwise there is no consistent tradition about the poet in later greek literature; different views are recorded concerning his date and time.