Conventions 1
Epics follow the journeys of the a:
Hero
This is described as vast:
Heroes are this type of character in the narrative:
Protagonist
Two or more words that have similar sounds
Alliteration
This item was created by Odysseus to end the war in the Illiad
Trojan Horse
This type of epic has a known author and was intentionally written rather than passed down orally
literary epics
Elevated, lofty describe this:
Language
Epic heroes belong to this social class:
Aristocracy and/or nobility
Jumbo Shrimp
Oxymoron
This war is chronicled in the Illiad
The Trojan War
This Latin phrase describes how epics begin "in the middle of things" with flashbacks to explain earlier events
"In Medias Res"
These epics were traditionally passed down through story telling
Folk
Human
"boom," "crash," and "sizzle"
Onomatopoeia
The Illiad covers a war that lasted for _ years.
10
Nine goddesses of the arts, sciences, music, etc.
This formal prayer or request to a deity at the beginning of an epic asks for divine inspiration to tell the story
Invocation
Despite their superior abilities, epic heroes can still experience these human limitations
Pain and/or death
brief descriptive phrase like "wine-dark sea"
epithet
This woman's "face launched a thousand ships"
Helen
This phrase meaning "God from the machine" describes when deities intervene directly in human affairs
Long description and lists people, feasts, etc.
Catalogue(s)
Epic heroes embody this:
Values of their civilizations
long, elaborate figurative language that compares two things using like or as
Epic or Homeric Simile
The war in the Illiad begins due to a beauty contest between these Greek Goddesses:
Athena, Aphrodite, Hera