Homer – The Epic Poet
What are the two epics traditionally attributed to Homer?
What are the Iliad and the Odyssey?
What is the definition of an epic?
What is a long narrative poem about important cultural or historical events?
What is the term for beginning a story "in the middle of things"?
What is in medias res?
Which modern novel by James Joyce was inspired by the Odyssey?
What is Ulysses?
During what time period is Homer believed to have lived?
What is between 850 and 750 BC?
What ancient region is Homer believed to have been born in?
What is Ionia (in Asia Minor)?
What are typical traits of an epic hero?
What are strength, bravery, noble birth, fame, and leadership?
What is an invocation to the Muse?
What is when the poet asks for divine inspiration at the beginning of the poem?
What Caribbean poet wrote Omeros, inspired by Homer?
Who is Derek Walcott?
Why is it hard to prove that Homer existed?
What is because there are no authentic records of his life?
What physical condition is Homer traditionally believed to have had?
What is blindness?
What Roman epic was inspired by Homer’s works?
What is the Aeneid?
What is an epithet in epic poetry?
What is a descriptive phrase that characterizes a person or thing?
How did ancient Greeks use Homer’s epics in education?
What is they had children memorize them in school?
What historical development makes it likely Homer lived before 750 BC?
What is the reintroduction of writing in Greek culture?
What epic from Mesopotamia shares plot elements with Homer’s works?
What is Gilgamesh?
Name one English or Italian epic influenced by Homer.
What is either Beowulf, The Divine Comedy, or Paradise Lost?
What is the term for elegant, formal language used in epics?
What is lofty style?
Which cultures were directly influenced by Homer’s epics after Greece?
What are Roman and later Western cultures?
How do scholars know the Iliad came before the Odyssey?
What is because of their differences in style and composition?
Why do some scholars believe the Iliad and the Odyssey may have been written by different poets?
What is because they differ in style—the Iliad is dramatic and unified, while the Odyssey is episodic and adventurous?
What poetic meter was used in the original Greek Odyssey?
What is dactylic hexameter?
What does an objective tone in an epic allow the poet to do?
What is maintain emotional distance and focus on the story?
Where were Homer’s poems often recited in ancient Greece?
What are religious festivals?
What role did Ionia play in Homer’s development as a poet?
What is it was a cultural center where Eastern and Western ideas merged?