Homer
Homer: one of the greatest (1) _______ poets. (1) _______
famous for two epic poems: related with (2) _______ War (2) _______
1. Illiad:
a) describes the heroes who fought at Troy;
b) consists of 15,000 lines in 24 chapters, each designated by a (3) _______ (3) _______
letter of Greek alphabet;
c) Greek or Trojan heroes: represent their personalities and (4) _______; (4) _______
1) wise advisor—nester
2) brave warriors—Ajax
3) (5) _______ trickster—Odysseus (5) _______
4) coward—Greek king, Trojan prince Paris
d) effects:
1) Ancient Greek students learned how to act properly & how to (6) _______(6) _______
on acceptable social level.
2) Alexander the Great had the epic with him when campaigning against the Persians.
2. (7) _______: (7) _______
a) 12,000 lines and 24 chapters, one for each of the small letters of the Greek alphabet
b) a Greek named Odysseus, the fantastic adventures he endured in his
(8) _______-year attempt to reach home (8) _______
3. What is epic
a) focus on a national hero
b) historical, (9) _______, or mythological, longer in content (9) _______
c) use dactylic hexameter:
each line 12 and 17 syllables in six groups
artful combination of syllables
4. When, where and what nature of Homer being a poet’
When: 2,700 years ago
Where: in Lonia
What nature of being a poet: might include about himself--a traveling
(10) _______—in poems (10) _______