Invocations In The Odyssey

Decent Essays
Provide significant details about the author (120-1): Homer was a Greek poet and a bard
Style\5 conventions (121) - Invocations, which is when the hero asked a God for help. In media res, is when we get into the middle of all of the action. Epic similes, are similes that compare events of heroism to others in different stories. Metrical structure, which is writing with a dactylic hexameter. Stock epithets is when their is a phrase in a story in place of a noun. These are Homer’s styles of writing.

Philosophies (Women)-In the Iliad women have powerful roles, Goddesses such as Athena and Hera are the most important women in the whole story.

Criticism- Could be inaccurate Literary Era\Age (103-113): The Iliad is in the Epic age.

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