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The Iliad By Homer. Key Ideas for Epics Divine Intervention Heroic Tradition Hero’s Journey Divine Intervention Heroic Tradition Hero’s Journey.

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1 The Iliad By Homer

2 Key Ideas for Epics Divine Intervention Heroic Tradition Hero’s Journey Divine Intervention Heroic Tradition Hero’s Journey

3 1. Separation a) The Call b) The Threshold (Jumping off point) i. Guardians 2. Initiation and Transformation a) Challenges b) The Abyss c) The Transformation d) The Revelation e) The Atonement 1. Separation a) The Call b) The Threshold (Jumping off point) i. Guardians 2. Initiation and Transformation a) Challenges b) The Abyss c) The Transformation d) The Revelation e) The Atonement

4 Elements of Epic Poetry Larger-than-life hero Elevated Language Superhuman Strength and Courage Hero faces supernatural forces Vast setting Larger-than-life hero Elevated Language Superhuman Strength and Courage Hero faces supernatural forces Vast setting

5 VocabularyVocabulary Epic Simile Epithet “in media res” Tragic Flaw Epic Simile Epithet “in media res” Tragic Flaw

6 Homer’s World

7 About the Epics Epic: a long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero who reflects the ideas and values of a nation or race. The Iliad and The Odyssey were composed in Greece around 800 BC Homer was a blind poet credited with originating these epics through oral storytelling The epics were not written down for many years, so they may have had several authors over time. Epic: a long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero who reflects the ideas and values of a nation or race. The Iliad and The Odyssey were composed in Greece around 800 BC Homer was a blind poet credited with originating these epics through oral storytelling The epics were not written down for many years, so they may have had several authors over time.

8 ProphesiesProphesies Thetis’s son (Achilles) will be greater than his father Troy will fall when Achilles’s son fights with the Greeks Priam’s younger son (Paris) will bring about the Fall of Troy Thetis’s son (Achilles) will be greater than his father Troy will fall when Achilles’s son fights with the Greeks Priam’s younger son (Paris) will bring about the Fall of Troy

9 Helen of Troy Most beautiful woman in the world Daughter of Zeus and Leda (wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta) Sister of Clytemnestra (married Agamemnon, king of Mycenae) Sister of Caster and Pollux (aka Polydeuces) Most beautiful woman in the world Daughter of Zeus and Leda (wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta) Sister of Clytemnestra (married Agamemnon, king of Mycenae) Sister of Caster and Pollux (aka Polydeuces)

10 Marriage of Helen and Menelaus Helen was kidnapped by Theseus (later King of Athens) when she was twelve, and was rescued by her brothers Odysseus (King of Ithaca) suggested a contract between Helen’s suitors. He signed it, even though he planned to marry Penelope. Helen was kidnapped by Theseus (later King of Athens) when she was twelve, and was rescued by her brothers Odysseus (King of Ithaca) suggested a contract between Helen’s suitors. He signed it, even though he planned to marry Penelope.

11 Declaring War Paris brings Helen to Troy from Sparta (after “The Judgement of Paris”) Menelaus reminds the nobles of their contract Most of the nobles come immediately Odysseus pretends to be mad by plowing his field with salt. Palamedes proves Odysseus is not mad by placing Odysseus’s infant son in front of the plow. Paris brings Helen to Troy from Sparta (after “The Judgement of Paris”) Menelaus reminds the nobles of their contract Most of the nobles come immediately Odysseus pretends to be mad by plowing his field with salt. Palamedes proves Odysseus is not mad by placing Odysseus’s infant son in front of the plow.

12 The Trojan War The trip to Troy (in Turkey) from Greece, is long and arduous (they get lost). The Greeks attack Troy for ten years Hera and Athena support the Greeks Aphrodite supports Paris The Iliad tells the story of the war, while The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus’s trip home. The trip to Troy (in Turkey) from Greece, is long and arduous (they get lost). The Greeks attack Troy for ten years Hera and Athena support the Greeks Aphrodite supports Paris The Iliad tells the story of the war, while The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus’s trip home.


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