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Lived around |
8th century BCE |
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Where did Homer live ? |
Greece in iona |
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How many epic poems did he write ? Names? |
2 the illiad . The odyssey |
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He probably |
Blind |
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He was a ...... and ...... |
Minstrel or a bard |
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Minstrel or bard |
A person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems often to music |
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From what did bards borrow materials |
Legends , epics and myths already known to people |
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Epithet |
Descriptions or phrases familiar to audience ex : grey eyed Athena, cool headed telemachus |
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Bards made stories |
As uncomplicated as possible and repetitive |
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Why were bards important ? |
There was no written history, so oral tradition was very important to the people |
