CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dactylic Hexameter, Epic Poetry, Homeric Question
31 Aug 2016
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Epithets: adjectival phrases to describe a hero, an army, a place. Depending on the needs of the scene it will vary the epithets which is use to describe the character (hero, villain or any main character). Epithets help for audience breaks and give them a pause when they need it, example how our prof asks us in a lecture if there are any questions? . Bards (story tellers/performers) they received not money but hospitality. We have edited versions of the stories, not known which one is the real once since stories have been re told again and again. They divided the book in to 24 books. Rumor in antiquity: a blind bard; blind = divinely inspired. We don"t know if he was real or not but they say he was real. Unitarians: one master poet responsible for both (one poet editing all or patching) Narrates a very short time frame within the trojan war.
